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		gedy on April 18, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Thanks for the Bonus, I Quit Issue with this approach at some companies though is when Special X Team is measured by the quality of X, but has little authority over Product teams, who have no incentive to do X well.

musingsole on April 18, 2021 [–]

> Special X Team is measured by the quality of X

So don't measure the special X team by the quality of X, but the quality of service they provide to the product team in pursuit of X.

gedy on April 19, 2021 | [–]

Agreed that would be nice, but you'd be surprised at some companies thinking..

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