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Re: Pulling it slightly OT: TW Salaries--Is it me, or are people greedier (Mild Vent)
Subject:Re: Pulling it slightly OT: TW Salaries--Is it me, or are people greedier (Mild Vent) From:Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 18 Dec 2000 11:16:52 -0800
Joy Brady wrote:
>
> It's funny, but the thread I started has kicked up a
> bit of dust. And the funny thing is, I'm rather
> conservative, and do believe the system of supply and
> demand works very well.
Conservative or anarchist, the original point is worth emphasizing:
there is nothing intrinsic in salary scales. They're a combination
of precedent and negotiation, but, mostly, they're a kind of
consensual hallucination, like the emperor's new clothes. Once you
realize just how arbitrary they are, you can bargain much more
effectively.
--
Bruce Byfield, Outlaw Communications
Contributing Editor, Maximum Linux
604.421.7189 bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com
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