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Maybe it's because money doesn't buy as much as it did 4 years ago. Since most employees have limited control over their mostly-static salaries, they've scaled
by bm3719 2y ago
Maybe it's because money doesn't buy as much as it did 4 years ago. Since most employees have limited control over their mostly-static salaries, they've scaled down output accordingly.
- lkdfjlkdfjlg 2y ago> they've scaled down output accordingly. It's easy to dismiss this as just a smart ass comment, but it's 100% real for me. My employer pretends to treat me fairly and I pretend to work hard.
- potta_coffee 2y agoIt's 100% real in my experience. I delivered twice the goal my manager set and got a 1% raise. Since then I've scaled my effort way back. Work is a necessity, not a priority.
- adamors 2y agoThis hits home; I’m getting offers similar to what I was getting 4 years ago but life has gotten almost twice as expensive. And the market is also terrible so everyone takes what they can get and it shows on the effort put in.
- hu3 2y agoThat's what my colleague is telling his boss. He doesn't even want a raise. He just wants income adjustment to keep the same buying power he had 4 years ago.
- tennisflyi 2y ago> Maybe it's because money doesn't buy as much as it did 4 years ago. Since most employees have limited control over their mostly-static salaries, they've scaled down output accordingly. Yes, and most people have longed faced that without the pay of this quote: "Don’t want 18 hr days at Goldman or 10 years of medical school, but want the pay? Come work 8 at <tech co> and make the same pay without the intern and first years hazing by an alcoholic 45 y/o MD who hates their spouse and never goes home." - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40673588 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40673588