Manager lets team stop work at 5:30, upper management lowers their bonuses because they don't work until 8: 'Another department was showing more passion'

Why must the performance of productivity be more important than the actual results?At whatever point in capitalism we exist in currently, most people have figured out that much of workplace culture is a sham. Who you know is more important than what you know; if you're too good at a job, you can count yourself out of being promoted out of it, and few people are as busy or productive as they like to make out. There are some who believe in the charade, of course, but plenty of employees are just going along with it to ensure that they get paid.As the quiet quitting phenomenon has proved, companies that push too hard for their workers to put up this facade may not get the level of personal investment that they are hoping for. It is also a recipe for high turnover and being forced to invest much of those hard-earned profits into the difficulties of the hiring process. Unfortunately, giving employees that work-life balance that so many covet can feel like a step too far for some employers. They worry about it not bringing them the results that they hope for, even if they get proved wrong. As a result, the performance of busyness can sometimes be prized over the actual results. They thi…

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