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• Why people really work (Score:2)

  by brian_d_foy (44)

  That's the crap that HBS teaches? No wonder employees are unmotivated. All they can think about for employee motivation is the work environment. They beg the question that people want to work at all.
  
  Some people might go to work because there are interesting people or a nice work environment, but even with the best people and best environment, most people wouldn't go to work if you didn't pay them. Most people don't have jobs because they want to work. They have them because:

  • People want to pay their bills
  • Pe
  • Re:Why people really work (Score:1)

    by bluto (225)

    100% correct -- "H" stands for Harvard, but the rest doesn't stand for "Business School".

    I'm convinced that pay is the elephant that many managers want to ignore, so they invent other reasons to justify their title. Our dev team just lost a great team leader mainly due to pay. He was one of the few managment types I've ever seen actually know how to lead (he's a former Army captain). He "only" had a BSCS, and so according to the "rules", which appear on paper as well defined and equitable, they couldn't
    • Proof in the pudding, I guess (Score:1)

      by Aristotle (5147)

      You contradict yourself. If money was that important, why did morale sink to the bottom when the guy left? Noone’s salary changed.
      • Re:Proof in the pudding, I guess (Score:1)

        by bluto (225) on 2006.04.17 17:04 (#47231)

        I never said salary was all important. I said it was his reason for leaving. In his case I had to agree. Morale always goes down when your management rigidly follows rules, and ignores common sense.

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