Fulfillment is the satisfaction you get with a hardy meal made with billionaires.
Why would anyone want money in exchange for labor, when they can just have butterflies, rainbows, and hugs?
You’re getting paid rainbows as well? Must be nice to be so rich! Are you guys hiring???
Oh, they’re metaphorical rainbows that live in our hearts, and shine brighter with each passing quarter as corporate profits continue to inflate to record highs, stimulating an internal sense of pride & joy to be working for such a successful company.
I think in some cases this is really true. There are enough people switching workplaces because their current workplace sucks. If you have enough money but you hate being forced into office, have to drive every day for 1.5h and getting little to no benefits its absolutely worth to switch to another workplace even if you get slightly less money.
You can have this problem even if you work from home. I’ve been busting my ass for two months to clean up somebody else’s mess only to get blamed by our incompetent executives for the mess existing in the first place. So I’ve got a job interview today.
Pay me more money and I’ll buy my own emotional salary
Forget the paycheck, employees really want ̶a̶ ̶r̶a̶i̶s̶e̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶e̶m̶o̶t̶i̶o̶n̶a̶l̶ ̶s̶a̶l̶e̶r̶y̶ to own the means of production and getting paid the true value of their labor
Fuck you, pay me.
“Business bad? Fuck you, pay me.
Oh, you had a fire? Fuck you, pay me.
Place got hit by lightning, huh? Fuck you, pay me.”
use that font for one letter at most
- insert video of Jigglypuff beating the shit out of Clefairy here
I would actually throat punch someone who offered to pay me a higher “emotional salary” in lieu of more money.
Imma pay you in pussy.
Continuation of “how about a nice pizza part after hours unpaid?” “PAY US MORE MONEY”
There’s a way to say this that isn’t so gross: good working conditions are valuable. Quality of life is valuable. Work-life-balance is valuable. Mental and physical health is valuable. Not having raging shitbags in management is valuable.
The problem is that you can’t focus on secondary factors until the primary factor is taken care of. And the primary factor is that people need a living wage. Rent is expensive. Food is expensive. God help you if you need to pay for childcare.
If you’re already paying your employees a fair living wage, then yes, you should absolutely think about how you can improve working conditions.
As an example, if my company gave me the option to switch to a 4-day workweek for the same pay, or stay at a 5-day workweek for a 25% raise, I’m honestly not sure which one I’d prefer. But we all know that’s never going to happen; instead the choice would be to take a 20% pay cut or maintain the status quo. I wouldn’t take that deal because I’m not making enough money to live on 20% less.
bold of them of assume I cannot increase my emotional salary by paying me more salary
Well then, I’ll be sure to do some really emotional work.
We work for different companies but I’m my best friend’s(from college) technical lead on a project. I told him he was special and great then I congratulated him on his raise. Then I sent him a picture of this 🤣.
