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Money makes the world go round, right? If you had all
the cash you wanted, would you still be sitting at
your desk pounding out docs and online help?
Just a thought.
I don't know whether money makes tech writers more
productive, but which would you choose, a communal
foosball table or a $2,000 raise? (Understood, the
costs to the company are different, but thinking
looking at the employee.)
May I suggest training and a positive, team-based work
environment, and valuing the contributions of
employees makes them happier and more productive?
Salary and foos-ball might increase retention of
valued employees, though.
Food for thought, nothing more.
--- Andrea Brundt <andrea_w_brundt -at- hotmail -dot- com> wrote:
>
> Hi there!
>
> Somebody wrote "Non-monetary incentives (free soda,
> free food, etc.) - these
> boost morale, but that may have no effect on
> increased productivity."
>
> There's an argument that *monetary* incentives don't
> do much for
> productivity, either -- at least when dealing with
> CEOs. Below is the text
> of a recent article in Toronto's Globe and Mail.
> It's long, but the opening
> analogy about huskies is intriguing.
>
> How does compensation affect your producivity and
> that of other tech
> writers?
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