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human
CMV: Actual effort and ability is rarely noticed. Perceived effort and ability gets all the attention, and it's killing productivity

Person A and B are assigned a task at some company.  Person A gives 100 percent effort to the task.  Person B divided his time between the task and acting above his pay grade.  The task gets done, and supervisors see two things:  it got done, and Person B.  In reality, Person A is capable of, and does regularly, complete the task by himself, and doesn't get recognized.

It has been said that you should perform for the job you want, not the one you have.  If everyone did that instead of being dedicated to the mission, things would take much longer than necessary, or wouldn't get done at all.

If I can see when someone is doing a good job, or is struggling, then anyone with a reasonable amount of situational awareness should too.  Why should one have to 'sell' himself?  It takes away from the mission.

Workers who are actually good have to pick up the slack for these overreachers, which decreases their own morale.  They may even leave the company over it.  Losing good workers makes the situation even worse.  Care to change my view?
gpt
Any attempt at checking for effort and ability will only yield perceived effort and ability by definition. It would be nice if we could tell better, but that's always true no matter how well we can tell. There's only two options: reward people for perceived effort and ability or not reward them for perceived effort and ability. Do you think it would be better if pay and promotions were decided through some other method, like seniority or dice rolls?