I am working in an IT company, and the management wants me to make policies that state for every mistake the developers make in their work, their salary will be deducted in proportion to their mistake. I did explain that retention will be a problem, and we should be ready for resignations. New hiring will be a bigger problem. Still, they wish to implement it. Kindly guide me on what I should do.
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In some companies, they do have policies like that. But let's hope it will not be implemented seriously. Before doing that, let me ask you whether you have done competency mapping for the team, filled the skill gap by giving required training, etc. Mistakes may not only happen due to the employees; mistakes may arise from wrong customer inputs, incorrect inputs from the team manager, and so on. Therefore, instead of targeting any individual, the focus should be on the team. Many companies conduct Why-Why analysis for any mistakes that occur, provide immediate solutions, take corrective actions to prevent future occurrences, identify the responsible party, and even go as far as reducing the performance pay for the particular team if the cost of correction exceeds a certain percentage of the total project cost. There are many aspects to consider in this process. You can't hold the employee as a scapegoat. Please discuss with the team managers to understand the types of mistakes happening, compile a list of past mistakes and the reasons behind them, etc. This will put you in a position to draft the policy. Draft it in a way that does not adversely affect the business or the employees. Good luck.
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Thanks, Nick. We make our own mobile applications and do not work for any clients. We are just a team of 10 people. Since all projects are the Director's projects, all instructions and reports go to him. When I discussed with employees regarding this, they said we work on one thing, and the next day the Director comes up with some new idea. We remove the previous module, make a new one, and this happens repetitively. Coding and development are such that one change will definitely have an impact somewhere else. Then the Director doesn't want to give the required time for doing that.
How to overcome this confusion. In Ahmedabad, if I introduce this, all employees will leave finding other opportunities.
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How to overcome this confusion. In Ahmedabad, if I introduce this, all employees will leave finding other opportunities.
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