This moves the funding decision to a hiring decision, which may be better, but when does an investigator get fired? This doesn’t seem deeply different to me. The main difference seems to be extending the duration of funding significantly.
Investigators get fired when they aren’t being productive. This does happen. The difference in the block model is that whether someone is being productive is determined by their manager, with input from their peers.
This moves the funding decision to a hiring decision, which may be better, but when does an investigator get fired? This doesn’t seem deeply different to me. The main difference seems to be extending the duration of funding significantly.
Investigators get fired when they aren’t being productive. This does happen. The difference in the block model is that whether someone is being productive is determined by their manager, with input from their peers.