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> If you can pay less someone for the same result, it's an obvious win. I guess if the only thing in the world that matters to you is money, sure. I think peop
by coldpie 3y ago
> If you can pay less someone for the same result, it's an obvious win.
I guess if the only thing in the world that matters to you is money, sure. I think people who think like that should be shunned from society.
- paulcole 3y agoWhat are you saying matters then?
- coldpie 3y agoPeople. Treating the people who work for you as the people they are. People who depend on stable employment for their lives & family, and who intrinsically deserve to be respected, rather than be tossed on the street to save a couple bucks.
- paulcole 3y agoBut like what does that actually mean and look like in practice? Pay everyone as much as they want? Run every business as a non-profit? Pay everyone the exact same amount? It’s great to say things that sound nice, I guess, but it’s hard to see how to translate that into the real world.
- coldpie 3y agoYeah, like you say, it's a massive grey area and impossibly complicated question with no definitive answers (though you listed a few things that sound in the right direction to me). My point is if you're starting your decision-making process from this perspective: > If you can pay less someone for the same result, it's an obvious win. then you need to take a step back and re-evaluate what it is you are doing on this Earth.
- jacobr1 3y agoThe problem is that even if the only thing you care about is money ... this is often a poor strategy. Because, achieving the "same result" is rarely something that is actually accomplished. The expertise provided by senior folks almost certainly translates into all sorts of unseen impact, such as crises averted that you don't even know about because they never happened.