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> Unless your time can be directly traded for money I believe the common name for this transaction is "work".
by cmeacham98 6y ago
> Unless your time can be directly traded for money
I believe the common name for this transaction is "work".
- paulcole 6y agoYes, but the overwhelming majority of people have a work schedule. I can’t trade my time at 7PM for $10 unless I want to find a second job.
- de_keyboard 6y agoWork is not perfectly elastic but time is still by and large tradeable for money. Maybe get on Uber?
- Supermancho 6y ago> Work is not perfectly elastic but time is still by and large tradeable for money. Specific results are tradeable for money. I get paid far too much for what I do most of the time, with small windows of specialized action that justifies the waste. It's sloth and inefficacy (due to an inability to measure efficacy) that makes it look like time for money, when it's largely an accounting trick that is more like a payment schedule than a time-for-money.
- staz 6y agoVery few people can choose directly to work more or less to gain accordingly. Even freelancer may have some leeway but it's quite limited.
- tfehring 6y agoIt’s harder when you’re salaried, but in service sector jobs the success rate from asking your manager for more or fewer hours is usually pretty decent IME. Less so if you’re asking for OT but only because that’s more expensive.