When salary incentives hurt staff productivity

When pay drives performance but ignores people, companies risk profits—and their teams' well-being.

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Wanjiru sells enterprise software out of Upper Hill and started the quarter on a new commission schedule that doubles pay to high-level closers.

Sales targets flash on dashboards, motivational meetings were held each day, and late working nights stretched into and blurred with her weekends as she kept focusing on the leader board that seemed to keep shifting like quicksand.

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