So, I read this story yesterday about the employee who referred a friend and got screwed out of his referral bonus. People on Hacker News argued about “Name and Shame” and who was right and wrong but the first thought that popped into my head was “employee referral bonuses are pants on head stupid.”
Forget about this particular case and the collateral problems it’s causing. The employee referral bonus is just an intrinsically bad idea.
