[TheForge] happy workers, happy shareholders

[Andy Vida]

Gladish Family wrote:
> 
> This makes me think along these lines: we're being constantly told that
> what's good for the captains of industry is neccesarily good for everybody
> (trickle-down economics). Well, why wouldn't it go both ways? Is what's good
> for the average worker neccesarily good for the guys at the top? Sure worked
> for the auto industry for a long time...
> Why wouldn't happy workers benefit the shareholders? If it's put in such
> simple terms, it seems a no-brainer.

	I believe it is a no-brainer.  The benefits of not treating
	your employees as if they were shyte are many.  The software
	industry is one of the prime offenders in this manner.  People
	are paid a salary for a 40-hour week, yet are routinely
	expected to work anywhere from 60 to 80 or more hours.  That
	is insane.  I just spent six months in Seattle working 14 hours
	a day for not an extra cent.  Four years ago I would have told
	my client to screw themself had they so much as hinted that I
	work for them for nothing.  The precendents that have been set
	over the past three to four years in the USA are very dangerous.
	I despise unions, but I can understand why people form them.
	Morbid greed hurts everyone, even those thinking that they are
	profiting from their deeds.

> The key is that most people don't look beyond their own self-interest.

	The key is they don't UNDERSTAND their self interest.  If they
	did, they would operate in a markedly different manner.
	
	What sucks is that those at the very top of the financial power
	pyramid will always get over, no matter how many of the lesser
	movers and shakers may bite the dust.  The virtues of remaining
	hidden are also many.