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How does getting a raise even make sense

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    Bill Houston [my protanopic apetalous kneel]
    Wouldn't you have worked that hard if you got paid that much in the first place?
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    You would get even more if you wait for your boss in the bushes outside, follow them home and break into their house on a day you know they aren't there and take a sick day while you take all their shit.
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    Ajax African Astronaut [rumor the placative aphakia]
    That’s how market forces work. Prove your value and then get compensated for it. If you don’t get compensated for it, take your value to somewhere that will compensate you for it. If you still can’t get compensated, then you overvalue yourself compared to how society values you. It keeps everything in check.
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    What you do is you raise prices across the board 30%, then you give the peasants a 2% wage increase. Works like a charm every time.
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    Originally posted by Ajax That’s how market forces work. Prove your value and then get compensated for it. If you don’t get compensated for it, take your value to somewhere that will compensate you for it. If you still can’t get compensated, then you overvalue yourself compared to how society values you. It keeps everything in check.

    This...plus your direct familiarity with that particular job as it pertains to that particular employer puts you in a position of "power" in the sense replacing you with a "man" off the street would require months/years of investment in an unknown quantity.

    A relatively small investment in that person every year and recognition of his contributions is far more likely to result in a happy, productive and loyal employee rather than getting a new guy in that position every year who will never know the company/products/services/company culture etc as well as a guy that's been there for X number of years.
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    A College Professor victim of incest [your moreover breastless limestone]
    wut if u totally ask ur boss if you can dominate his face with ur asshol tho would he be down
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    Originally posted by Ajax That’s how market forces work. Prove your value and then get compensated for it. If you don’t get compensated for it, take your value to somewhere that will compensate you for it. If you still can’t get compensated, then you overvalue yourself compared to how society values you. It keeps everything in check.

    its not the society that gauges your value and pays your wages, its the bussiness owners and although the value of human labor are universally all the same [assuming all humans are the same and race doesnt exist], the monetary value required to harness it is different.

    a pro coder who lives in new york might need 50 an hour to be able to support himself and live comfortably but a street shitting dalit pro coder who lives in street shitting dalit city somewhere in india needs just 5 per hour to enjoy the same kind of living comfort as the coder in new york does.

    it is absurd to equate their wages based on "how society values you" mechanism you mentioned.
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    Originally posted by A College Professor wut if u totally ask ur boss if you can dominate his face with ur asshol tho would he be down

    It depends on his sexual orientation, his desire for ass at that very moment, whether he is prepared to cross the line between employer and lover and whether you've washed your shitty arse or not...too many variables to give a yes/no answer.
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    Originally posted by vindicktive vinny its not the society that gauges your value and pays your wages, its the bussiness owners

    Business owners are part of society and I'm sure the poster was implying the business section of society...not the 83yr old neighbor with 12 cats down the street.
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    I found a position paying more in a different industry (funny how that works) but I am not interested in construction related things. I am more than qualified to do the work for that amount of money

    But apparently even they are having trouble in that sector finding people for that money. It's crazy because I might actually consider doing that if this current thing doesn't work out.

    The only thing I would be willing to do for less money that feels worth my time is something that I enjoy or is chill and productive with no FUCKERY. I would take less money for long term stability at this point.
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    Originally posted by the man who put it in my hood I found a position paying more in a different industry (funny how that works) but I am not interested in construction related things. I am more than qualified to do the work for that amount of money

    But apparently even they are having trouble in that sector finding people for that money. It's crazy because I might actually consider doing that if this current thing doesn't work out.

    The only thing I would be willing to do for less money that feels worth my time is something that I enjoy or is chill and productive with no FUCKERY. I would take less money for long term stability at this point.

    Yes money isn't everything. If you can find a job that pays 75k and you do 15 mins work a day and surf the net the rest of the day... that's better than a job paying 100k where you have to work a full shift.
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    Ajax African Astronaut [rumor the placative aphakia]
    Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson Yes money isn't everything. If you can find a job that pays 75k and you do 15 mins work a day and surf the net the rest of the day… that's better than a job paying 100k where you have to work a full shift.

    That sounds horrible. Being bored at work is the worst. Being busy makes the day go by quickly and you can at least feel somewhat productive. If all else is equal and the stress isn’t too bad, I’d take 100k and busy over 75k and bored any day.
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    Originally posted by Ajax That sounds horrible. Being bored at work is the worst. Being busy makes the day go by quickly and you can at least feel somewhat productive. If all else is equal and the stress isn’t too bad, I’d take 100k and busy over 75k and bored any day.

    Horses for courses...I prefer to get money for doing nothing myself.
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    Ajax African Astronaut [rumor the placative aphakia]
    Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson Horses for courses…I prefer to get money for doing nothing myself.

    That’s cool. We need cogs who are willing to do mundane tasks. I do mundane things too. But my willingness to do other things has helped me work my way up to doing things that are less mundane.
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    Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson Business owners are part of society and I'm sure the poster was implying the business section of society…not the 83yr old neighbor with 12 cats down the street.

    the first rule of bussiness owners is that

    YOU DO NOT BELONG TO THE SOCIETY

    just as slaughter house workers dont belong to the cow herd.
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    Originally posted by the man who put it in my hood I found a position paying more in a different industry (funny how that works) but I am not interested in construction related things. I am more than qualified to do the work for that amount of money

    But apparently even they are having trouble in that sector finding people for that money. It's crazy because I might actually consider doing that if this current thing doesn't work out.

    The only thing I would be willing to do for less money that feels worth my time is something that I enjoy or is chill and productive with no FUCKERY. I would take less money for long term stability at this point.

    sign of low and wanning testosterone level.
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    Originally posted by vindicktive vinny the first rule of bussiness owners is that

    YOU DO NOT BELONG TO THE SOCIETY

    just as slaughter house workers dont belong to the cow herd.

    Denial doesn't equate to reality.
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    Originally posted by Ajax That’s cool. We need cogs who are willing to do mundane tasks. I do mundane things too. But my willingness to do other things has helped me work my way up to doing things that are less mundane.


    Well I'm operations manager of a Manufacturing company...not technically a "mundane" job, though thanks to my excellent delegation and automation directives it has become pretty mundane.

    Work smarter, not harder etc.
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    Ajax African Astronaut [rumor the placative aphakia]
    Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson Well I'm operations manager of a Manufacturing company…not technically a "mundane" job, though thanks to my excellent delegation and automation directives it has become pretty mundane.

    Work smarter, not harder etc.

    Excellent. I have a fairly lean team so I manage a couple people and then also do some individual contributor stuff. Next level up for me would be just a people manager, which feels for me to not actual “do” anything. I gotta work on those soft skills since that’s all they care about at those levels.
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