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Are you a good employee or so you need a financial incentive to perform?
Posted on 5/4/21 at 11:15 am
Posted on 5/4/21 at 11:15 am
Like it's your first job flipping burgers, do you start off by saying "for 7 bucks an hour I'm only flipping 20 burgers an hour but if they gave me 14/hour I'd flip 40"?
Meaning do you have a history of throttling your efforts based on pay? And let's say you just had a career flipping burgers. I.e. Burger flipper to assistant manager to manager to district manager to regional manager to vice President to CEO of the company.
At what point during your career would the burger flipping company get 100% effort from you?
When you're making $7 as a burger flipper were you only giving 10% effort? Then when you went to assistant manager making $14 Did you bump it up to 20% effort? And then getting 21 as manager, Did you start doing 30% effort?
The common narrative is that people must be paid higher wages to be incentivized, But I'm pretty sure for most people, If they take the job they're giving you a good 80 to 100% effort at every single level. Am I wrong, do you calculate your effort based on pay rate?
Meaning do you have a history of throttling your efforts based on pay? And let's say you just had a career flipping burgers. I.e. Burger flipper to assistant manager to manager to district manager to regional manager to vice President to CEO of the company.
At what point during your career would the burger flipping company get 100% effort from you?
When you're making $7 as a burger flipper were you only giving 10% effort? Then when you went to assistant manager making $14 Did you bump it up to 20% effort? And then getting 21 as manager, Did you start doing 30% effort?
The common narrative is that people must be paid higher wages to be incentivized, But I'm pretty sure for most people, If they take the job they're giving you a good 80 to 100% effort at every single level. Am I wrong, do you calculate your effort based on pay rate?
This post was edited on 5/4/21 at 11:17 am
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Posted on 5/4/21 at 11:17 am to Kujo
Sir this is a...shite that doesn't work here.
Posted on 5/4/21 at 11:17 am to Kujo
IMO people will be less inclined to put in effort with a new pay scale.
They will work the same amount, yet get paid double for the same job/work.
They will work the same amount, yet get paid double for the same job/work.
Posted on 5/4/21 at 11:18 am to Kujo
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Am I wrong, do you calculate your effort based on pay rate?
That is completely contingent on the nature of the job.
Posted on 5/4/21 at 11:20 am to Kujo
I do what I’m paid to do. Using the burger flipping example above, I would flip as many burgers as needed in the 1st hour and then take it easy the rest of the remaining hours of my shift.
Posted on 5/4/21 at 11:22 am to Kujo
I always tell my employees that I’m giving them 100% of their pay, I expect 100% effort.
Posted on 5/4/21 at 11:22 am to Kujo
I wasn't trying to go above and beyond when I was in college working shitty min. wage jobs because I knew that this was only temporary and I could always find another shitty min. wage job. I didn't see the benefit of breaking my neck for extra "good jobs" or pats on the back. I showed up on time and did what I was required with a smile. That's it
Posted on 5/4/21 at 11:24 am to Kujo
I'd give my best effort and hope management notices. Eventually they'll give me a better assignment.
If burger flippers start getting $15 it doesn't necessarily mean current burger flippers will work harder. It means people currently making $18-$20 in more stressful jobs will say "Screw this, I'll go flip burgers."
If burger flippers start getting $15 it doesn't necessarily mean current burger flippers will work harder. It means people currently making $18-$20 in more stressful jobs will say "Screw this, I'll go flip burgers."
Posted on 5/4/21 at 11:24 am to Kujo
Honestly, I’ve generally done my best regardless of pay for all of my career except for about a five year period when I had a job where I was represented by a union. Oddly enough, it was one of the higher paying jobs in my career, but there was a toxic work environment that did not motivate me.
Posted on 5/4/21 at 11:25 am to Sterling Archer
Just the opposite here, worked my arse off at everything I’ve ever done, 110% at a minimum, never even think about the money, just getting the job done
Posted on 5/4/21 at 11:25 am to Kujo
I got everything I have through effort. Not because I’m real smart.
Posted on 5/4/21 at 11:26 am to Kujo
I managed various fast food restaurants for 8 years. I told my employees to work for what they want to make, not what they are currently making.
Posted on 5/4/21 at 11:26 am to Kujo
Eh, not so simple. At first I was about to say no, but then I thought I’d my employer gave me more clients, would I be as willing to do that with my current pay? No, because I’d need to spend a lot more of my time and work longer hours and have to deal with the additional risk.
Posted on 5/4/21 at 11:26 am to Kujo
Employees are never 100% happy and nobody puts in 100% ever. T
hey will work a little harder for a short time after a pay raise, but then will revert back to their old habits until they demand another raise and the cycle repeats itself.
hey will work a little harder for a short time after a pay raise, but then will revert back to their old habits until they demand another raise and the cycle repeats itself.
Posted on 5/4/21 at 11:26 am to Kujo
I’m in a very applicable situation. I make less than 15/hrcurrently , but I’m a lazy employee. If they gave me 20/hr with a guarantee of 40 hrs a week I would be the best damn employee they have ever seen! I am looking for a job that pays more, but I do like where I work. This is actually the first job I have ever had where I don’t dread going to work. I just don’t make much!
This post was edited on 5/4/21 at 11:28 am
Posted on 5/4/21 at 11:30 am to Kujo
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Meaning do you have a history of throttling your efforts based on pay?
Have you seen what happens to people that don't? Do you believe effort and reward are directly related? if so, that story doesn't have a happy ending, in my experience.
In summary, you want free milk from me?
This post was edited on 5/4/21 at 11:34 am
Posted on 5/4/21 at 11:32 am to Kujo
I am in sales, so the better I do, the more lambos my boss buys.
Posted on 5/4/21 at 11:33 am to Kujo
I’ll tell you you’re not a good employer if you don’t give your employees financial incentives to do the best job they can.
Posted on 5/4/21 at 11:34 am to ThatMakesSense
It’s not just about effort, it’s about expectations. I give 100% of my effort towards the expectations that I agreed to for the amount that I agreed to. If my stuff is done, I’m not just going to look for shite to do.
This post was edited on 5/4/21 at 11:36 am
Posted on 5/4/21 at 11:37 am to OMLandshark
This. If you have an employee that’s performing at a high level, you feed into it. Period. Again it depends on the particular job but even incentive to move up
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