ziggy29
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In essence, it's humiliating to evaluate someone formally and put negative permanent remarks in writing, but yet it is managements way of control, since in their mind a little fear and humiliation keeps you in your place and acting accordingly to your place on the food chain.
This is a corollary to the idea that employers HATE having folks who are FI working for them. You lose a lot of control. As I've mentioned before, when my dad turned 55, he was already FI (with the pension he could start receiving at that age). His w*rk experience changed almost overnight; instead of getting a lot of crap, his superiors shielded him from the crap because they didn't want him to quit. So he stayed on for another 2+ years until a too-good-to-pass-up early retirement incentive put him out to pasture.
Fear is a powerful motivator, but it only works on people who have something to fear. If someone is FI and no longer fears being fired or laid off, all the employer has left is carrots; the sticks become ineffectual. That's why they prefer to employ people who NEED the j*b.
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