I am theory Y all the way.  

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> On Oct 29, 2020, at 7:39 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> I’m probably out of date since my experience as a manager in corporate 
> America is from about 1980-2000.  Back then pay was pretty much according to 
> position, you qualified for a position requiring more skill or 
> responsibility, you got a new title and a bigger paycheck.  The only gerbils 
> that required constant food pellets to keep running in the wheel were the 
> salespeople.  (Yes, there were merit reviews, but also something HR called 
> “compa ratio” which applied negative feedback on raises if you were above 
> midpoint for your grade, to the point where at 120% of midpoint you were 
> capped out.)
>  
> Maybe today all the employees need constant food pellets.
> 
> I’ll bet there was a Dilbert strip about that, let me Google it.  Yep:
> https://dilbert.com/strip/1995-01-25
>  
> I also seem to remember from the days of management flavor of the week there 
> was Theory X and Theory Y.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_X_and_Theory_Y
>  
>  
> From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Sterling Jacobson
> Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2020 7:27 PM
> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT compensation
>  
> I’m in the process of doing something very similar here shortly.
>  
> Start pay a bit more for technical type positions so $18/hr and then up from 
> there every few months with bonus for projects completed on time, or good 
> customer facing reviews on work done etc.
>  
> From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Chuck McCown via AF
> Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2020 5:16 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: Chuck McCown <[email protected]>
> Subject: [AFMUG] OT compensation
>  
> I am considering telling all new interviewees that we start at $15/hour but 
> they can make more quickly according to this schedule.  And we also do COLA 
> and Merit increases every 6 months.
>  
> Love to have feedback on this idea.
>  
> Please note my new email address: [email protected]
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