I read a book called Drive! by Daniel Pink whose underlying premise was this:
People dont give a shit about pay as long as their needs are met. Which is true for me atleast, I dont want more pay often I want more free time. Especially if my taxes make working more a diminishing return or in general make my life more miserable. The book barely mentioned the pay part too, which was an obviois indicator that the book is garbage.
It says that: What you as a business owner needs to do is align your employees wants with your own. And if that means giving them more free reign and less working hours, that's good. You should do that.
My problem was how seedy and manipulative it is, the assumption that you can and that you should try to manipulate people to have your fucking gross capitalist goals. It also had the jeff bezos-y squeeze every bit of juice out of the lemon you can, but in five hours instead of 8.
That sounds pretty typical of management texts I've had to read. Often they have a surprising (to me) awareness of what makes working at the bottom rung of an organization miserable and alienating, but improvements to that situation are always subordinated to the needs of "the organization" (i.e. the bosses). I expected Pure Ideology going into reading them, but often instead found class consciousness, albeit of a kind that is deeply cynical at its core.
yeah, like i wish all my desires and needs were what the company i wanted. my life would be easier but that's just a stronger argument for a democratic workplace
I read a book called Drive! by Daniel Pink whose underlying premise was this:
People dont give a shit about pay as long as their needs are met. Which is true for me atleast, I dont want more pay often I want more free time. Especially if my taxes make working more a diminishing return or in general make my life more miserable. The book barely mentioned the pay part too, which was an obviois indicator that the book is garbage.
It says that: What you as a business owner needs to do is align your employees wants with your own. And if that means giving them more free reign and less working hours, that's good. You should do that.
My problem was how seedy and manipulative it is, the assumption that you can and that you should try to manipulate people to have your fucking gross capitalist goals. It also had the jeff bezos-y squeeze every bit of juice out of the lemon you can, but in five hours instead of 8.
That sounds pretty typical of management texts I've had to read. Often they have a surprising (to me) awareness of what makes working at the bottom rung of an organization miserable and alienating, but improvements to that situation are always subordinated to the needs of "the organization" (i.e. the bosses). I expected Pure Ideology going into reading them, but often instead found class consciousness, albeit of a kind that is deeply cynical at its core.
yeah, like i wish all my desires and needs were what the company i wanted. my life would be easier but that's just a stronger argument for a democratic workplace
OOF LIFE