I didn't mean that I couldn't imagine a punishment. I meant that I don't know think that "punishment" is meaningful as a tool to improve anyone's behavior.
Certainly it is a tool for deterring people from doing serious crimes. But it is a terrible tool for performance management of someone you hope will perform better.
I think there's a strain of management that thinks if you fire people who make mistakes the number of mistakes your team makes over time will decrease.
Certainly it is a tool for deterring people from doing serious crimes. But it is a terrible tool for performance management of someone you hope will perform better.