When I got paid minimum wage to work at a grocery store, I certainly didn’t give it 100% every day. They paid me minimum wage because they wanted to pay me less, but the law wouldn’t let them. Why should I stress myself out for a job like that? Of course I shouldn’t, and it didn’t bother my bosses that it took it easy on a regular basis.
The same general principle applies to other jobs as well. If you’re fairly low on the totem pole and some the big problem comes up that could affect the company in a major way, you’d be out of your mind to try to tackle it yourself. They don’t pay you enough to risk your job to tackle it yourself. It’s your boss or your boss’s problem.
I’ve painted myself into a corner with the skills I’ve acquired. The job isnt common so the few of us in these roles have to leave completely in order for a vacancy to open up.
In theory I have transferable skills, but in a job that’s more common there will be more people with those exact skills competing for those roles. So by comparison, I become a risky hire in a sea of perfectly qualified candidates.
You’d think this means my “lucrative skills” are fairly compensated, but I assure you they are not. If I don’t get a raise and I complain, they remind me that I can leave if I’m not happy.
It’s in my nature to work hard regardless of my salary or working conditions, so I’ll never “quiet quit” or “act my wage”, but I understand why a lot of people do.
You’re not paid for how hard you work, you’re paid for how hard you are to replace.
Only if your bosses are careful, and most aren’t.
True. If you get yourself an interesting skill set, either your employer will pay accordingly or you won’t have difficulty finding one that does.
“Act your wage” is just a poor excuse to normalize laziness.
When I got paid minimum wage to work at a grocery store, I certainly didn’t give it 100% every day. They paid me minimum wage because they wanted to pay me less, but the law wouldn’t let them. Why should I stress myself out for a job like that? Of course I shouldn’t, and it didn’t bother my bosses that it took it easy on a regular basis.
The same general principle applies to other jobs as well. If you’re fairly low on the totem pole and some the big problem comes up that could affect the company in a major way, you’d be out of your mind to try to tackle it yourself. They don’t pay you enough to risk your job to tackle it yourself. It’s your boss or your boss’s problem.
In theory, yes.
I’ve painted myself into a corner with the skills I’ve acquired. The job isnt common so the few of us in these roles have to leave completely in order for a vacancy to open up.
In theory I have transferable skills, but in a job that’s more common there will be more people with those exact skills competing for those roles. So by comparison, I become a risky hire in a sea of perfectly qualified candidates.
You’d think this means my “lucrative skills” are fairly compensated, but I assure you they are not. If I don’t get a raise and I complain, they remind me that I can leave if I’m not happy.
It’s in my nature to work hard regardless of my salary or working conditions, so I’ll never “quiet quit” or “act my wage”, but I understand why a lot of people do.
The entire video game industry would love a word.
I’d argue that the skills required to work in the videogame industry are easily repurposed for other IT or creative jobs.