2013年8月19日 星期一

Google:個人績效 排序判別誤會 / 綜合大研究所 vs 每人20% 自由時間

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 http://www.cw.com.tw/article/article.action?id=5051467&page=2

上週末,一名Google工程師對財經新聞網站Quartz聲稱,Google不再讓員工擁有「20%時間」從事創新活動。這項曾孕育出Gmail、AdSense服務,讓外界仿效學習的開放文化,難道已隨Google組織壯大而消失?
Google的廣告服務AdSense、新聞閱讀平台Google News、郵件服務Gmail、和通訊軟體Google Talk有什麼共同點?答案是他們全都是Google工程師趁每週自主的「20%時間(20% time)」,從事核心工作以外的創新活動時,所發想出的產品和服務。
然而,根據財經新聞網站Quartz採訪報導,一名工程師匿名聲稱Google已不存在這項讓外界稱羨的文化。
還記得2004年,Google趁公開發行上市之際,兩位創辦人佩吉(Larry Page)和布林(Sergey Brin)特別在公開信中寫下,公司能維持創新,「20%時間」扮演關鍵角色。
眼看Google把20%時間充分展現,不論是蘋果(Apple)和Linkedin,這兩年也分別透過藍天計劃(Blue Sky)InCubator方案跟進,訴求讓員工在日常工作之外,能切割出部分工時進行個人創新專案。
但可惜的是,這個曾讓其他公司仿效的開放精神,似乎正被Google內部的官僚文化取代。
Quartz 指出,在過往,Google工程師能不經由上司同意,自由花上20%工作時間進行獨立計劃,在公司內部進行微型創業。但現在,所有專案和計劃,都需要經過 主管點頭答應才能進行。另外,Google內部也發展出一套數據系統,能隨時計算每位員工產值,而「產值」的定義,卻假定員工花100%的工作時間從事正 規專案。
Quartz報導一出,引發不少Google工程師在美國各大論壇上的討論。
有工程師跳出來說,這項制度並沒有被廢除,但內部採用「員工排序」(stack ranking)績效管理制,的確在侵蝕這項創新文化。
所謂「員工排序」,要求部門打考績時,得把每一位員工從優到劣依序排列,不管員工表現如何,一定有人得列入落後區。再配上「同儕評鑑」方式,等於說,把上頭交待的任務先完成、把跨部門的專案先處理好,都遠比撥時間進行個人計劃來的重要。


難怪有工程師認為,Google現在需要「40%」計劃—— 20%時間讓你自由執行個人專案,但也需要再花另一個20%時間,去告訴其他人你到底做了什麼了事。
也 有工程師發聲,認為20%文化,不過演變成120% —— 意味著工程師仍能從事個人創新,但得「額外」付出下班後的時間。「20 %的真實意義,是從事新品開發時,工程師能站在內部系統和內部軟體應用工具的基礎上,節省20%時間,更有效率。」Quartz引述一位Google工程 師的話,認為不少Google工程師主動性強,天生喜歡挑戰 ,他們其實也很樂意運用公司內部的資源,多花時間去研發新服務。
目前Google沒有給予相關報導任何回應,Quartz分析,20%時間制度受動搖,不完全代表Google喪失創新元素,日前推出的Google眼鏡, 還有傳聞中的無人駕駛自動車,即是出自研發創新產品的Google X 實驗室。
但Quartz同時也發出疑問,從人人都有創新空間, 到把創新權力集中到Google X實驗室,是不是也透露出Google文化的改變?(史書華編譯)
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