- insert video of Jigglypuff beating the shit out of Clefairy here
If emotional salary is another word for higher nurse:patient ratio I’m actually all for it and would treasure being able to slow down and both conserve more energy for myself and have more time to actually feel like I’m taking care of people instead of shoving pills in people’s faces and running on to the next one. That’s also a functional raise in that I’d be doing less overall work for the same pay.
But realistically that is also an increased expenditure for my boss same as paying me more and they’re actually talking about more tea carts and pizza parties.
“It’s more complex than the obvious huge part of the problem” should be the start of saying that the problem should be addressed and then we should also work on those other things too.
Like how both pay AND working environment need to be improved instead of choosing one over the other!
They may be threatening to unionize over low pay but I bet a pizza party will clear that right up.
“We’re all family here.”
That sounds like emotional labor.
I like where I work. I like my coworkers, I like my managers, I like the corporate “culture” and the flexible working conditions that permit a reasonable work-life balance.
Those are things I like.
I need to pay my mortgage, and buy food, and have health insurance, and pay my bills.
Those are things I need.
You cannot replace the latter with the former. My needs must be met, and my expenses only go up every year. If I can be paid more elsewhere, it is irresponsible of me to stay somewhere that does not provide sufficient value for my time. I am always looking for a new job.
But there is some truth to the concept. Once a certain threshold is met, I look for the perks of a healthy employer relationship. And if the emotional salary is very low, I’m going to start considering alternatives even if I don’t get a pay raise.
But there is some truth to the concept. Once a certain threshold is met, I look for the perks of a healthy employer relationship. And if the emotional salary is very low, I’m going to start considering alternatives even if I don’t get a pay raise.
The issue is that jackasses will try to apply this across the board, just like every other “management” technique that includes anything other than paying your people more.
To be clear, I’m not disagreeing with you. I’m just mad because this kind of shit defined the first decade of my career. The company that did it got bought out and the folks at the top got a fat payday while the rest of the underpaid “we’re all family here” got let go.
You’re right.
let me guess: somebody said that keeping people miserable is not only pointless, but also bad for the holy productivity, and after translating into ghoulish-managerial it came out as something to the effect of “here’s how you can get benefits of higher wages without actually spending money!” but it’ll end up being something like weekly complimentary banana or something of that sort
bonus points if it’s really an ad for grifty guide/book/course/bootcamp
Emotional salary is something we give ourselves through organizing. ✊
“It’s like a pizza party - but without the pizza costs!”
There’s a way to say this that isn’t so gross: good working conditions are valuable. Quality of life is valuable. Work-life-balance is valuable. Mental and physical health is valuable. Not having raging shitbags in management is valuable.
The problem is that you can’t focus on secondary factors until the primary factor is taken care of. And the primary factor is that people need a living wage. Rent is expensive. Food is expensive. God help you if you need to pay for childcare.
If you’re already paying your employees a fair living wage, then yes, you should absolutely think about how you can improve working conditions.
As an example, if my company gave me the option to switch to a 4-day workweek for the same pay, or stay at a 5-day workweek for a 25% raise, I’m honestly not sure which one I’d prefer. But we all know that’s never going to happen; instead the choice would be to take a 20% pay cut or maintain the status quo. I wouldn’t take that deal because I’m not making enough money to live on 20% less.
bold of them of assume I cannot increase my emotional salary by paying me more salary
use that font for one letter at most
Fulfillment is the satisfaction you get with a hardy meal made with billionaires.
Forget the check, landlords really want to receive emotional rent every month.
Landlords just want a lanyard and a pizza party at the end of the day.
Well then, I’ll be sure to do some really emotional work.
We work for different companies but I’m my best friend’s(from college) technical lead on a project. I told him he was special and great then I congratulated him on his raise. Then I sent him a picture of this 🤣.
