Employees admitted to 404 Media they had cheated to climb the leaderboard's ranks.

Amazon has shut down an internal company leaderboard which ranked employees based on how much they used AI tools at work.

  • GreyEyedGhost@piefed.caEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Or, to put it succinctly, that which gets measured gets done, and the people in charge of measuring don’t know what’s important.

    • PolarKraken@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      3·
      2 days ago

      And then, eventually realizing this, they hire consultants for $$$, who offer two things, further tips for goosing numbers in silly ways, and also just direct advice for how to treat employees like utter shit, with a sharp, stainless veneer of “smart (because $$$ spent) business strategy”.