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I do not want to sound too cynical, but whenever I see those articles, to me it conveys the message of 'how do we not pay people more, but still extract more wo
by A4ET8a8uTh0 7y ago
I do not want to sound too cynical, but whenever I see those articles, to me it conveys the message of 'how do we not pay people more, but still extract more work out of them'. The article is about the same. It even seems to follow the same format making me question whether it was written by a human. And I am saying that just having gone through positive psychology section in my MBA class.
Employee motivation is an important subject, but the underlying goal seems to have perverted that subject.
- notatechie 7y agoSo motivation and productivity are interlinked I feel. If the economy is booming, and you have done a good job, it will be regarded. I had a manager who always said, don't ask for promotion, let your work promote you. I think he was right.
- borroka 7y agoWhen I was working in academia, I had an advisor who used to tell me: "just do good work and you will find a TT position". Never found one, despite the objectively good work I published. Not even an interview. Tremendously bad advice that came from a place of laziness. As a manager, I like it when my reports ask for reasonable promotions or greater work responsibilities: it shows confidence, self-reflection, pro-activeness. All traits I value quite a bit.
- A4ET8a8uTh0 7y agoI agree. I had my share of rather bad advisors. I hate to admit it, but my mom had better advice about it since it directly related to human nature. Better work won't do the trick if the right person does not know about it.