1. Are engineers different?
Do the rewards that appeal to engineers differ from the rewards that appeal to other employees, or can companies apply the same total rewards strategies for engineers as they use for other employees?
2. 360 degree feedback
Instead of using the supervisor as the sole determinant of your performance rating, you could get information from a variety of sources including subordinates, peers, customers, top managers, and yourself. The result will be a less biased and more complete evaluation. So why isn't 360 degree feedback more popular? Is it not as good as its advocates claim, are there practical problems that impede its implementation, or do companies fail to realize its benefits?