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ken$corn@clark.net wrote in message <6p02eh$oci$1@clarknet.clark.net>...
>In dc.driving Gary Forbis <forbis@accessone.com> wrote:

>: This is an area in which my union support waivers.  I prefer piece work
to
>: fixed wages.  Some days I want to work slow and some days I want to work
>: fast.  Heck, some days I'd like to work fast and long and then skip a few
>: days.
>I just wonder if you've ever actually worked in a shop?  Somehow that
>happy-go-lucky work fast when you feel like it attitude doesn't sound like
>it would play very well in any shop I ever worked in.


I've been a programmer/systems analyst for many years.  I used to work
long and hard.  I wasn't rewarded for my effort and in fact was negatively
rewarded.  I even spent my own time doing research on more effective
ways of accomplishing our tasks and was told by management that if
I wanted to work outside my assigned hours it should be on my assigned
tasks (even though no overtime was paid.)

It has been really harmful to my psyche to work well below my capacity
and yet make it look like I've been working at capacity.  The alternative
has been to gain the ire of my fellow workers and greater uncompensated
workload.

I'm sure that a market for production would lead to lower compensation
for tasks over time but it would mean greater compensation for the more
productive.