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randycupertinotoday at 8:02 PM0 repliesview on HN

> You measure employees in stupid ways, you're going to get stupid behaviour as a consequence.

I worked for a healthcare tech startup that made everyone wear fitbits and you got cheaper health insurance premiums if you averaged a higher # of steps every day. People were putting their fitbits on drillbits and whirring them around to log like 20,000 steps a day.