Comments on: Gaming the system. Gaming the gaming of the system. http://blog.xcski.com/2008/07/14/gaming-the-system-gaming-the-gaming-of-the-system Everything I used to bore people on newsgroups and mailing lists with, now in one inconvenient place. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:00:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: alice http://blog.xcski.com/2008/07/14/gaming-the-system-gaming-the-gaming-of-the-system#comment-97391 alice Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:30:32 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/?p=1411#comment-97391 We supposedly had the gift certificate program also, but I was never able to log into the site to fill out the questionnaire. So, bad science, bad management, and bad coding! We supposedly had the gift certificate program also, but I was never able to log into the site to fill out the questionnaire. So, bad science, bad management, and bad coding!

]]> By: Tina Marie http://blog.xcski.com/2008/07/14/gaming-the-system-gaming-the-gaming-of-the-system#comment-97390 Tina Marie Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:16:21 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/?p=1411#comment-97390 Our version of this was far better (and I never say that about my company!). We got an email that you'd get a $100 in gift certificates if you filled out this wellness form (which mostly just told you you needed to eat less and exercise more). I was skeptical, but I filled it out in 10 minute chunks while I was compiling. A week later, I got a letter in the mail, with a code. I went online, entered the code, and got to pick $100 in gift cards from a reasonably large set of choices. Another week went by, and I got my two $50 gift cards. I'm guessing they were betting on people forgetting partway through the process, but it was worth keeping track for $100. It would have been less so for a vending machine treat. Our version of this was far better (and I never say that about my company!). We got an email that you’d get a $100 in gift certificates if you filled out this wellness form (which mostly just told you you needed to eat less and exercise more). I was skeptical, but I filled it out in 10 minute chunks while I was compiling.

A week later, I got a letter in the mail, with a code. I went online, entered the code, and got to pick $100 in gift cards from a reasonably large set of choices.

Another week went by, and I got my two $50 gift cards. I’m guessing they were betting on people forgetting partway through the process, but it was worth keeping track for $100.

It would have been less so for a vending machine treat.

]]> By: aliceq http://blog.xcski.com/2008/07/14/gaming-the-system-gaming-the-gaming-of-the-system#comment-97386 aliceq Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:47:24 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/?p=1411#comment-97386 I think all of these employee "wellness" programs are a crock. They're generally based on faulty science and faulty management techniques. Gaming them—in this or other ways—is a totally appropriate response. I think all of these employee “wellness” programs are a crock. They’re generally based on faulty science and faulty management techniques. Gaming them—in this or other ways—is a totally appropriate response.

]]> By: Beable http://blog.xcski.com/2008/07/14/gaming-the-system-gaming-the-gaming-of-the-system#comment-97385 Beable Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:17:50 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/?p=1411#comment-97385 How very Dilbert-y of them. I think you and your coworkers should set aside all these coupons full of stickers and at the appointed time go down en masse to redeem all your free snackage. Leaving to one person my cause an attack of conscience (where they feel guilt-ridden) or an attack of bureaucracy (where the cafeteria claims a limit on how many stickers a person an redeem) How very Dilbert-y of them. I think you and your coworkers should set aside all these coupons full of stickers and at the appointed time go down en masse to redeem all your free snackage. Leaving to one person my cause an attack of conscience (where they feel guilt-ridden) or an attack of bureaucracy (where the cafeteria claims a limit on how many stickers a person an redeem)

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