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>> An interesting question is whether a changeover occurs in attitudes toward
>> merit pay, and at what point in individual development on the job it takes
>> place.

> or perhaps the change-over happens based on at what age does the respondant
> start to feel that they would get ahead quicker in a seniority-based (or
> age-based) system.

Based on the the dozen or so years I been in the workforce (since college,
longer if I count the pre-college years).  I believe this change occurs when
people see that supposed merits raises are not based on merit, but the good
'ol boy system.  As a theory, merit raises are great, but in practice it
doesn't work that way.  Look at the way raises are determined, a group of
managers sit around a table and determine who will get what raise based on
a pool of money available for raises.  Naturally, the manager will fight the
most for the folks he feels most comfortable with.  In the real world, this
leads to cronyism.

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| Chris Strickland               |   Allin1: stricklandc                      |
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