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Salaried employees aren't paid for their time, they're paid for a combination of their output and their availability. Availability used to be strongly coupled w
by nlawalker 5mo ago
Salaried employees aren't paid for their time, they're paid for a combination of their output and their availability. Availability used to be strongly coupled with time but technology has introduced some flexibility there.
- mastazi 5mo agoCan you give some examples of jobs that are usually done by salaried employees and are paid by output? All the examples I can think of, are usually done by independent contractors.
- toofy 5mo agoi think we could say with a high level of certainty that someone with a subpar output will typically be punished in some way. it feels very disingenuous to pretend there aren’t expectations of a certain level of output.
- mastazi 5mo agoFor sure, but incentives are different when your pay is perfectly proportional to output rather than having a salary.
- gravypod 5mo agoAnything commissions based might fit the bill?
- Maxatar 5mo agoCommission is not salary.
- nlawalker 5mo agoNot by output, for output - as in, not paid per unit of output, but paid for achieving a sufficient level of it, the definition of which frequently changes. That's baked into the definition of salaried.
- spunker540 5mo agoI think it depends. Plenty of salaried workers are truly only on the clock when on-site from 9-5
- Traubenfuchs 5mo agoCorrection: Their PERCEIVED output, not their output. Output can usually not be objectively measured in IT. Storypoints? Overestimate wildly. Stories done? Split stories like atoms! Impact of work done? Present your button color change stories as company saving divine intervention!