🚀 go-pugleaf

P. J. Remner wrote:

> In a previous article, forbis@accessone.com (Gary Forbis) says:
>
> >Bentley wrote in message <0tYp1.1384$wf.270532679@newsreader.digex.net>...
> >
> >>Hmm, I type 75 words a minute. I should only have to work six hours a day!
> >
> >
> >Hmm... I guess you should be paid the same for a six hour day as someone
> >who can only type 45 words per minute.
>
> No, you should be paid the same amount of money per word.
> Flat-rate.  Auto mechanics do it all the time.
> Paid by the "job-hour", not the actual hour.
> The good will automatically be paid better, and
> the not-so-good either get better or get used to
> peanut butter sandwiches for dinner.
>
> >In the late sixties I worked with an ex UAW member.  He complained about
> >how the union would tell him to slow down.  I don't think he was a piece
> >worker
> >so he earned no more money by being twice as productive.
>
> Exactly the sort of behavior that flat-rating is meant to kill.
>
> --
>
>  "he wants to be me, and that scares him"

It seems as though the current society encourages mediocrity, not high
performance.  The best money I ever made in factory labor was because of
piecework pay.  The best money I ever made in white collar work was as a
straight commission salesman.  In both cases, I was paid exactly what I was
worth.  In both cases, envious and lazy coworkers hated me for surpassing them.