I think in a small operation you /have/ to be "theory Y" because you
can't afford to pay a whole hierarchical structure of people to motivate
and control other people. I also think there's a pool of self motivated
people who are compatible with "theory Y", and another pool of people
who won't do anything if they don't have to. The second group needs to
work for a "theory X" organization, and they're probably a larger group.
I have no evidence for my position, but soft sciences rarely seem to
rely on evidence anyway.
On 10/29/2020 9:45 PM, Chuck McCown wrote:
I am theory Y all the way.
Sent from my iPhone
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I’m probably out of date since my experience as a manager in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
<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
<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] <mailto:[email protected]>>
*On Behalf Of *Chuck McCown via AF
*Sent:* Thursday, October 29, 2020 5:16 PM
*To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Cc:* Chuck McCown <[email protected] <mailto:[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]
<mailto:[email protected]>
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