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I can work harder and take on more responsibility for a $20k-$40k increase in salary. Or I can take it easy, let some of the team take on some of the load, and
by kaydub 4y ago
I can work harder and take on more responsibility for a $20k-$40k increase in salary.
Or I can take it easy, let some of the team take on some of the load, and make sure I do enough.
Working harder and working for someone doesn't make you rich or wealthy. It can make you comfortable. I'm already comfortable.
The real money is in ownership. So I'll put less hours in working for someone else and keep my mind fresher and more open to opportunities of ownership that may arise.
- _cenw 4y agoAlso, it't not even a bad deal for employers. Binding time spent to money taken home like everyone is a blue collar worker where output is approximately linear (or, an a moving assembly line, actually ideally linear) doesn't work for knowledge based jobs, especially if they involve creativity. Productivity goes down the longer you work. I switched to a 32 hour week and I don't feel like my productivity is impacted beyond not being able to attend some meetings, most of which were superfluous anyway. If it's really important I will make the time elsewhere, but that has happened once or twice in ~8 months.