What I mean is everyone wants both. And I’m not talking huge differences. I don’t mean go from 30k per year to 120k per year or going home sweating everyday to watching Netflix most days. What brought the question up was I was in hospital and the computer the scanned all the medication and machines into was on my right side of bed and Iv pole where all medications were on my left. Nurses also had to deal with wired scanners which they had to hold up above the bed to walk around. Not a huge problem but cover 30 rooms with 4-16 different medications to swap out per day was probably a major pain(nurses can chime in disagreeing).

Another thing I’ve seen is people in a warehouse with systems logging all locations a product could be in and saying yeah we have some of that in one of these and they have to walk around to check several locations to find which still has some.

So you want a 2k-6k raise… If your job was easier how much would that make you stay instead of just demanding a raise?

Edit: this is not a real situation but say I have 4 employees under me and an extra 25k in budget. Would you prefer a raise or to improve your job?

  • Triumph@fedia.io
    4·
    3 days ago

    I went from 150K to minimum wage.

    So much happier. I need to figure out finances, of course, but I am a better person now.

      • Triumph@fedia.io
        5·
        3 days ago

        Without giving too many details, worked at a place as a professional for a long time. Terminated because someone didn’t like me. Am still looking for a better job, fell back to a previous skillet at minimum wage in order to do something with myself, and it’s so much better.

        I know this isn’t quite the situation you’re referring to, but the right work environment with the right management goes a long way to having fulfillment at work.

        That said, none of that costs any money. We’re talking about policy, procedure, and culture change. I’ve been able to manage mentally as a wage slave by becoming more socialist This does not always align with what the company thinks it wants, but for minimum wage, I don’t care. I am doing what’s right by me, and that’s a good feeling.