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Where have you been working for the past few years? A bonus you get it twice a year, a boss respecting your work and saying thank you, you have it every single
by Loic 16y ago
Where have you been working for the past few years? A bonus you get it twice a year, a boss respecting your work and saying thank you, you have it every single day. If you are paid correctly, you should not even need a bonus but you cannot go long without respect from your boss and peers.
By the way, it is proved by countless experience that once salary is good enough, it is disconnected from happiness at work.
Good pay and respect will bring you way further than good pay, bonus and "you are my slave".
- jasonlotito 16y ago> By the way, it is proved by countless experience that once salary is good enough, it is disconnected from happiness at work That's not any different then what they OP is saying. The issue people have at finding good programmers is that they aren't paying enough. Yes, other things matter, but if you start off by offering minimum wage, a "Good job!" doesn't really matter.
- umjames 16y agoPersonally, having my boss say thank you doesn't mean much to me. That's not because I don't want appreciation for my work, but because praise carries a more significant meaning when it comes from someone who you hold in high-enough regard. For me, high-enough regard can mean someone whose work I know of and can appreciate on its merit, or it can mean someone who used my software by choice. For example, if my boss' actions don't show that he's interested in my happiness at work and he thanks me for making his pet project happen, it means nothing to me. But, if a customer, or someone whose work I admire, tells me they like the software I created, they've just made my day.