> the issue is that work done by humans is not quantifiable and comparable at scale. If the company as a whole can buy human work per hour, perhaps so could th

> the issue is that work done by humans is not quantifiable and comparable at scale. If the company as a whole can buy human work per hour, perhaps so could the intra-company free market. Imagine a company that hires people for "minimum wage + bonus". Internally, the company consists of projects; each of them can 'hire' any willing employee currently not assigned on a project; and if an employee is not 'hired' by any project for 6 months in a row, the employee gets fired by the company. Maybe even more interesting would be a system where for each N months worked on a project you gain 1 month outside projects, and if you accumulate enough such months, you could try starting a new project within the company.