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I assume this is in response to http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=836842 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=836842 . If it is, then Godin is dead wrong. Eve
by skolor 17y ago
I assume this is in response to http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=836842 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=836842 .
If it is, then Godin is dead wrong. Even if it isn't, he's still fairly wrong. His example of "commission" is not someone working on commission at all, its someone who is having their performance measured to a much higher degree than was possible in the past, and fired because they didn't live up to the expectation. If it was truly "commission" then the bloggers would be getting paid per hit, rather than taking a salary.
Yes, people able to closely measure everything is something which is coming, and coming quickly, but it does not make every job "on commission". It just means you have to do your job, do it well, and not be able to fake it and ride on someone else doing it for you.