From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public From: Mark Wilden Subject: Re: Your boss sucks, mine is better (was: Your english sucks, mine is better. Date: 1997/11/28 Message-ID: <347F25CE.2ABC@mWilden.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 293479073 References: <34557f2b.1934172@news.mindspring.com> <347C92F0.152B@mWilden.com> <65k6jg$e6b$2@NNTP.MsState.Edu> <347DEBB2.5B6A@mWilden.com> <65mrcg$fmu$1@NNTP.MsState.Edu> Organization: The Mark Wilden Company Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++ Date: 1997-11-28T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Billy Chambless wrote: > > To at least some degree. But it's certainly not a simple matter of > dividing a finite amount of money. I believe it is, after you've given the employee enough to keep him working productively. > A well-run company can give employees a stake in making the pie itself > bigger -- profit sharing, bounuses, stock options, yadda yadda. All this > varies depending on the size and type of the ogranization, but I think > the general principle is the same. Of course, this "general principle" doesn't apply at all to the majority of jobs in the world. Only those of us lucky enough to have relatively rare talents can hope for profit-sharing (BTW, I think the fact that "profit-sharing" is optional proves my point). > My feeling at my job is usually that the better job I do, > the more I'll get of all the things I want. I'll bet your boss loves you. :) And you must work a _lot_ of 80 hour weeks, because that makes you a more productive worker, hence doing "a better job." The only thing is, there's more to life than work, and work and play are themselves exclusive to a great extent.