I'm reading this while working a summer landscaping job. I work 8 hours a day and most of those hours are spent sitting in the truck, eating lunch, talking with my bosses etc. Our actual work...
I'm reading this while working a summer landscaping job. I work 8 hours a day and most of those hours are spent sitting in the truck, eating lunch, talking with my bosses etc. Our actual work could be done within 3 hours or so. I just had this thought yesterday as well. Why does our culture insist on paying by the hour instead of paying based on productivity or services performed? It seems pretty counter intuitive to me.
I understand your point but some job are difficult to have a clear benefit in terms of "I see what you did". In my job I can show when I finished a new feature or an entire new product but lots of...
I understand your point but some job are difficult to have a clear benefit in terms of "I see what you did".
In my job I can show when I finished a new feature or an entire new product but lots of my duties are "make sure nothing breaks". You won't be able to notice that big part unless something break. And when that happens (because it happens anyway) my job is to fix it and recover what's broken so the company don't find itself in big trouble but just "some trouble".
Only paying me for the job you can "see" having an effect would greatly depreciate the years of study and experience I have and that wouldn't be so fair :)
I'm reading this while working a summer landscaping job. I work 8 hours a day and most of those hours are spent sitting in the truck, eating lunch, talking with my bosses etc. Our actual work could be done within 3 hours or so. I just had this thought yesterday as well. Why does our culture insist on paying by the hour instead of paying based on productivity or services performed? It seems pretty counter intuitive to me.
I understand your point but some job are difficult to have a clear benefit in terms of "I see what you did".
In my job I can show when I finished a new feature or an entire new product but lots of my duties are "make sure nothing breaks". You won't be able to notice that big part unless something break. And when that happens (because it happens anyway) my job is to fix it and recover what's broken so the company don't find itself in big trouble but just "some trouble".
Only paying me for the job you can "see" having an effect would greatly depreciate the years of study and experience I have and that wouldn't be so fair :)