Money is confusing...
By Lore2009
@Lore2009 (7378)
United States
June 7, 2012 3:52pm CST
I saw on TV that there was a study done that people who do laborious jobs and get paid less actually last longer on the job compared to people who do the same amount of labor and get paid more! How crazy is that!? According to the study, they reasoned that people who got paid more ended up focusing on how much their making that they ended up quitting the job quicker. That made me think about the power of numbers and money.. we really can't determine & define or efforts in numbers, it's so liquid.. it's so... supply & demand! So, I think money can't really define anything. But my father would disagree.. he would say that I say such things because I've never lived in poverty. So, anyways, what do you think of this study?
5 responses
@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
20 Jun 12
I can see the possibility of it for sure. I have read that it is ultimately the way a job makes someone feel and how happy they are doing it that really determines turnover rates. People do have to feed their families and have to work but how productive they are and how long they stay there depends on more than the money.
@hemanth143 (147)
• India
12 Jun 12
Labour can't make more money because of illiteracy or lack of study even they put lot of effort and time to work.
@arcideaco (1257)
• Singapore
8 Jun 12
Its not how you make money, instead it is how you make money work for you.
There are people who do absolutely nothing and made more money than people who are doing something, or slog really hard for a living.
People like investors move money around and make the difference. The financial system is as such, the more money you have, the more you can make with it.
For those higher paid jobs than labor intensive jobs, they encompass skills and valuable ability to generate higher income than the laborer. This is how the world works, the more talented you are and more relevant your skills are, the more you would make. You do not have to work really really hard, I mean, physically, that is.
Cheers.
@mensab (4200)
• Philippines
7 Jun 12
it is an interesting study. but probably you fail to mention or the study does not include the characteristics of those workers. those who work long hours and get paid lower are those with low-valued skill such as manual labor while those who work less hours and get paid higher possess a high-valued skill such as managerial and administrative. and these skills are what separate and make the diference between the two workers.
@maezee (41997)
• United States
11 Jun 12
Ha ha, that actually makes sense. But personally, I like the idea of making more money so that I can actually leave earlier without getting paid less over all. I got a (short-term) $2/hour RAISE at work and since I've gotten it, I feel less motivated to work more hours than when I was making $2 less. You would think I would be all about making more money, but really, that's just not how it is!
