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Sales commissions are an interesting example. A hard cap can probably have bad psychological effects. But squeezing commissions down overall (by reducing the pe
by nhaehnle 9y ago
Sales commissions are an interesting example. A hard cap can probably have bad psychological effects. But squeezing commissions down overall (by reducing the percentages or some other approach) is unlikely to have the same bad effect.
- protomyth 9y agoYou know, all of your solutions try very heavily to discourage people for actually doing things. Forcing equality of outcome seems to require punishment for any hard work. I would rather not live in the world of Harrison Bergeron.
- nhaehnle 9y agoWhere do you get the "very heavily" from? I think you're imagining things that aren't there. Apart from that, you may be suffering from Status Quo Bias.
- protomyth 9y ago"squeezing commissions down overall" is very heavily discouraging people, ask IBM. Nope, "equality of opportunity" is a great thing. I just don't believe "equality of outcome" is achievable and further believe it is detrimental to society as a whole. We should teach our children not to envy and working hard is a component but not a guarantee of success.