It’s like “Dilbert Meets Clutch Cargo.” However, the “funny” part is debatable…
It’s interesting to compare this crued comic to the 10:10 ad. The former is considering NSFW for language; although it uses the language to cut through the sloganeering. The comic simply points out the flawed use of incentives that require unreasonable acts to obtain.
This is indeed the entire problem the 10:10 people have. They have flawed incentives, and they therefore don’t work. So, they are giving up on the incentives and just trying to make them mandatory. And while we laugh at Salesman comic, we do so because at the end, the middle manager doesn’t execute the salesman at the end for his failure to get with the program. No matter how bad the midlevel manager is at getting his salesmen to respond; he doesn’t resort to “cleansing” to make his point.
It’s funny because, for the most part, it’s true.
In fact, frighteningly accurate. This went around every sales person I knew about 2 months ago.
It’s not just salesmen. I used to work for a well-known food chain, and their favorite trick was to -no matter how well the store managers met this years numbers- the next years goals would be even higher.
Avoid paying bonuses, provide the illusion of encouraging competition, and screw the people who do meet the goals. What’s not to like?
It’s like “Dilbert Meets Clutch Cargo.” However, the “funny” part is debatable…
It’s interesting to compare this crued comic to the 10:10 ad. The former is considering NSFW for language; although it uses the language to cut through the sloganeering. The comic simply points out the flawed use of incentives that require unreasonable acts to obtain.
This is indeed the entire problem the 10:10 people have. They have flawed incentives, and they therefore don’t work. So, they are giving up on the incentives and just trying to make them mandatory. And while we laugh at Salesman comic, we do so because at the end, the middle manager doesn’t execute the salesman at the end for his failure to get with the program. No matter how bad the midlevel manager is at getting his salesmen to respond; he doesn’t resort to “cleansing” to make his point.
It’s funny because, for the most part, it’s true.
In fact, frighteningly accurate. This went around every sales person I knew about 2 months ago.
It’s not just salesmen. I used to work for a well-known food chain, and their favorite trick was to -no matter how well the store managers met this years numbers- the next years goals would be even higher.
Avoid paying bonuses, provide the illusion of encouraging competition, and screw the people who do meet the goals. What’s not to like?