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As an employee, why should I bust my ass working all day if you're just going to answer a few emails over coffee and that's it?

• thaumaturgy 11y ago
  Because those few emails might bring in more customers which might bring you a bigger paycheck.
  • s73v3r 11y ago
    So? That's not a reason for me to bust my ass. You're not gonna get anyone going the extra mile by doing that.
  • TeMPOraL 11y ago
    I'll put it in a less charitable way - because those few e-mails are probably worth more to the company that a month of your work. I find those "The Dog in the Manger" assertions weird. Most businesses are started by people wanting to make big money - often to secure not only themselves, but their families and causes they care about. Can't blame them, because frankly, even 8h of work week most of us are trapped in seems like a ridiculous waste of life. So the system promises them more money for less effort if they shoulder the risks and initially work their asses off to build a business. They do so, and now we should renege on the promise? Sounds like a great idea if you want to ensure the next people decide not to bother starting anything.
• swyman 11y ago
  How hard you see the owner working shouldn't be the primary motivation for you to work hard. There are other levers (dollar compensation, equity allocation, promotion opportunities) that should fill that role instead.
• vinceguidry 11y ago
  Generally, you don't work directly for a 4HWW type company. These types generally always hire contractors and choose their products so that they have enough margin to be able to afford them over employees. The real risk of doing it this way is your market slipping away from you while you're on the beach checking out. Of course, you can always book a flight home and build a new muse once this one peters out, but the high margins that allow you to automate will run out eventually.
• disbelief 11y ago
  Because it's your job and you're being compensated to do so. If the company is running fine without the owner, and his/her being away isn't negatively affecting your own ability to do your job, then why does it matter to you what they up to at any given moment?
• zem 11y ago
  because you're presumably being paid as well or better as you would be to do the same job for another company? if that were the case, i wouldn't really care what the person paying my salary was doing with his or her life.