Students might wish to know that Amazon actually put a group attendance bonus in place in its German “fulfillment centres” (known elsewhere as warehouses!). Trade union officials viewed the practice as divisive. See Kessler, S. (2017, April). Amazon is using peer pressure to keep German warehouse workers from calling in sick. For more about this, see: https://qz.com/962717/amazon-pays-german-warehouse-workers-bonuses-partly-based-on-when-their-coworkers-call-in-sick/.
1. Discuss how group norms, group cohesiveness, and social loafing are relevant to how teams will react to the new attendance bonus.

2. Can you suggest any possible negative outcomes that a team-based attendance bonus could cause?

3. Is attendance management something that teams should be involved in, or is this one of those things that should be handled between HR and individual employees?