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>The company is cutting down on cost by playing prospect theory-based games with their employees' salary. I suppose we cant expect Amazon workers to go into ex
by mkirklions 8y ago
>The company is cutting down on cost by playing prospect theory-based games with their employees' salary.
I suppose we cant expect Amazon workers to go into excel and calculate their yearly earnings from prizes?
If they did this, its a non issue.
But I suppose we can't expect Amazon workers to do this... correct?
>The whole system reeks of commoditization of labor
You say this like its a bad thing. If you can turn labor into something an unskilled/uneducated worker can do, humanity is more productive. This is the goal of creating processes.
- adetrest 8y agoI guess you've never worked those jobs. Try it for 6 months or a year and then tell us if you still feel that way. It's dehumanizing, and petty to try and squeeze people out this way.
- mkirklions 8y agoWrong guess, I've done my time on minimum wage work. I wasnt going to make a career out of a job that gave me a free shirt for working extra hard. But then again, I'm an engineer, so maybe I make better decisions.
- jsjohnst 8y agoThe condescending tone is likely why you’re being downvoted.
- mkirklions 8y agoNo way, downvotes make HNers feel like they are making a difference against Amazon. Its slacktivism. People don't respond, they downvote.
- effingwewt 8y ago... you say this in response to to someone responding to you and specifically describing why the downvotes are flooding in. Engineers like you give the whole profession a bad name, and we already have one. Seriously, as another poster commented I sincerely hope you can find a way to empathize. One day the engineering bubble may just burst, and you may yet find yourself in a job you hate but need. Perhaps that may help with some perspective?
- dang 8y agoCould you please stop posting unsubstantive comments to Hacker News? https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- adetrest 8y agoRight, those rubes clearly deserve to be treated like shit, unlike you, because you're an Engineer and they aren't. I really hope your life gets better and you find a more empathetic way to look at the world.
- jsjohnst 8y agoGP had a poor attitude, but that doesn’t justify you attacking them. Take the high road when someone else isn’t.
- EliRivers 8y agoBut then again, I'm an engineer, so maybe I make better decisions. Seems unlikely. Engineers are as prone to bad decision making as anyone else. Some of them - the supercilious dickheads who believe their own hype - even more so.
- kirykl 8y agoThe goal of creating processes is to improve. Ideally workers would be skilled, educated, and empowered at improving their own processes