Comment by MagicMoonlight
3 days ago
Why would I want to be paid the same amount as any moron that gets in? What motivation is there for me to work hard?
3 days ago
Why would I want to be paid the same amount as any moron that gets in? What motivation is there for me to work hard?
* You like the mission.
* You like the craft.
* You want to be there for your team.
* You like that your financial needs are taken care of, so that you don't have to think about that.
* You like that everyone else's financial needs are taken care of, because you want everyone to be happy.
* You like that there's alignment by everyone on this. (Even though there will be disagreements on, say, how best to accomplish the mission.)
If someone gets in and doesn't actually have or find motivations like that, or doesn't rise to the occasion despite help, I guess they'd be managed out. That cultural mismatch wouldn't be good for anyone involved.
> Why would I want to be paid the same amount as any moron that gets in?
You answered your question by yourself: the company has to prevent these morons from getting in.
That's what's beautiful about this scheme: people with attitude you presented would self-select out of it.
That solves half of the problem of typical work dynamics already; the second half, preventing unqualified morons from getting in and setting themselves up for life by being paid good money for doing nothing, would need to be solved in some other way.