Moneyball in the Workplace.

AuthorSterns, Kevin
PositionLetters - Letter to the editor

Greg Beato's article "Moneyball in the Workplace" (March) says: "as the Moneyballization of the workplace proceeds ... we'll no longer be able to hide our career .290 on-base percentage with an artfully worded resume."

Baseball is a game with fixed rules that readily lends itself to statistical analysis. But many jobs are nothing like that. I'm a computer programmer in a small company; for me, things are always changing and unique. I can't compare my performance on "project X" to the league average, because I'm the only...

To continue reading

Request your trial

VLEX uses login cookies to provide you with a better browsing experience. If you click on 'Accept' or continue browsing this site we consider that you accept our cookie policy. ACCEPT