My company has recently introduced OKRs/Quaterly Objectives. I've worked in places that have these before, and I'm skeptical. In previous jobs they were linked to your bonus, which makes (some) sense. At this company it's expected to be done above and beyond your normal responsibilities for the same pay.
If feels like they're trying to get more without paying more, which to me, is exploitation.
I do my job very well, I always deliver (Project Manager), I cause very little fuss or additional work for my bosses … so not really sure what my motivation is to do all this extra work!? I'm happy to work extra hours to deliver my projects when I need to, it's what I'm paid to do, but I'm certainly not giving up any free time document some random undocumented process.
The reasoning was that “other big tech firms do it” and “the studies show that it increases productivity”, which feel like shakey reasons.
Anyone actually read the studies on any of this?
What are peoples thoughts on OKRs?