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here is my experiment I would like to see 1. Hire someone. 2. Pay them at top of scale 3. Give them 1 years salary upfront, cannot be claimed back. (Effectiv
by lifeisstillgood 6y ago
here is my experiment I would like to see
1. Hire someone.
2. Pay them at top of scale
3. Give them 1 years salary upfront, cannot be claimed back. (Effectively one year rolling tenure)
4. Repeat for all employees
5. Loudly and clearly state the problems facing the business.
6. Stand back
- fighterpilot 6y agoWhat do you expect to see or hope to test for? At a previous employer I worked at where people weren't happy, I'm pretty sure half would've quit almost immediately. Admittedly I don't have data on that but I'd expect that outcome.
- DC1350 6y ago> What do you expect to see or hope to test for? I think the idea is that financially secure people are more willing to speak their mind. Getting salary upfront means everyone has small scale “fuck you” money. The problem here is that most people don’t actually have a reason to care about their employer’s problems, so not speaking up is often just a strategy of least resistance.
- lifeisstillgood 6y agoI might be thinking of something like Programmer Anarchy
- ineedasername 6y agoI think lots of people would just hop around between companies, getting the free year of salary. Not too often, every 2-3 years maybe. 3 years of salary for 2 years of work.
- CoastalCoder 6y agoIIUC, one aspect of your experiment would be self-organizing teams. I was a part of that once. It was a complete trainwreck. Never again.