No shit. Why do you think people start businesses? That's how everything works. You keep the cash and power moving up. A religion is a business. A country is a business. etc.. etc...
Why does it sound like many people assume companies randomly hire people, and as such you could just "end up" with a bunch of lazy untalented idiots? Hello, you hired them. The best way to avoid having to "hold everyone's hand" is to not hire anyone who requires hand holding. You CAN treat everyone equally and give…
Because some of us are lucky to have a job we enjoy that also pays the bills. I could start a business, but the business could easily fail...or simply never turn a huge profit. And that's just the way the world works...parts of it. There are many people in the world seeking their place in it, and everyone wants a job. It…
O so what you're proposing is that all employees own an equal share in equity of the firm. How do you start something like this up? Say its a game company and you need 20 people. So you require 20 peoples worth of equipment and software licenses, you need offices, office equipment, these are the fixed costs. Then theres…
In response to these quotes: and directly to this: Because people are not staplers. Because the reason companies get away with treating employees like entries on a spreadsheet is because otherwise smart people (such as yourself, and others who have stated similar opinions) defend this practice. Because the practice, and…
I think that you are having trouble expressing this fundamental concept because it is more of a spiritual belief than anything rooted in actual cause and effect. So long as an action both fits within your moral code and is in the long term interests of a company it can be said that either motivation is in play. Are their…
If you've read the rest of my posts you'd see there's more to it than that. Until a few decades ago, you'd have a really hard time convincing anyone that economics was at the root of all human behaviour and that money made anything acceptable. It has been in vogue, especially in recent years of hyper-capitalism, to see…
wow, this is a great thread. I want to quote-respond everyone, but i won't. I'm with Rob, for the most part, but I think that everyone's values here are fairly similar. anyway. i figured out what pisses me off about this whole thing... and before i say this, i want to re-itterate that yes, i agree 100% with the fact that…
Im not calling you a commie, Im suggesting you try the commie method. Im reacting as such simply because you are taking a very negative view on the whole way things are set up. And its easy to see why when times are bad. But when times were good and they have been for while now, no one complained how things worked.. why?…