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I wonder if the individual reward versus collective reward approaches have any actual data for their respective sides?

I am pretty sure Toyota gives collective bonuses or not, and they are kicking the shit out of American auto, but I don't really have the background in this to cite data on either side. Maybe someone on HN does?

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>I am pretty sure Toyota gives collective bonuses

There's nothing wrong with collective bonuses. I just don't see them as a boost for productivity. It's a nice perk. I probably overstated their negative effect. You're not going to not do 'nothing' since your team will know if you're not pulling your weight, and social pressure plus threat of being fired will keep people in line. But yeah, generally collective rewards just don't work as expected, else communism would work.

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