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> Both Michael and Dwight are excellent salesmen, but both struck bad (financial) deals for a steady paycheck. This model suggests that the only way you can st
by The_Colonel 2y ago
> Both Michael and Dwight are excellent salesmen, but both struck bad (financial) deals for a steady paycheck.
This model suggests that the only way you can strike a good financial deal is to be an executive (for which you need to be a sociopath). It's a circular proof by definition.
> If you've been a loser in previous jobs you gave up much better money for the benefit of executive and shareholders.
Did I? This model just assumes it without bothering to substantiate it. There's no accepted way to calculate value one is producing in an organization. How much value is an HR person, logistics worker, production worker really producing?
- krapp 2y agoThis model isn't concerned with value produced for the company, but value produced for the employee, and the only relevant metrics in that regard are profit and power. To do anything less than ruthlessly maximize for both makes you a loser in capitalist terms because that's the game of capitalism and you're choosing not to play. To believe in ideals other than profit and power makes you clueless, because those ideals are just levers of control meant to keep the losers in line and you can't see it. To be capable of playing the game and winning requires a sociopathic personality who understands the nature of capitalism and the true purpose of any corporation (amassing wealth and power) and is willing and able exploit both the losers and the clueless. In any case doesn't actually matter what the company actually does.