Subj : Salary advice from AI low
To : MIKE POWELL
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Mon Aug 04 2025 07:52 am
RM>> These are the same 'thinkers' that don't think anyone should ever
>> fail a grade in school because, again, it's not fair to penalize
>> them for not being as smart as others, ignoring the possibility
>> that they are just lazy.. B)
MP>This whole line of thinking is part of what has gotten us into the messes
>we are in now. It is "equity" thinking... that everyone's outcomes should
>be equal... rather than "equality" thinking... we should all have equal
>opportunity to reach our own potential, which should not be expected to be
>the same between *individuals*.
This is true.. Equal Opportunity and, after that, you earn what you get.
I suppose in theory exceptional people would get promoted out of the
area they are excelling in where, possibly, they could be paid more
money, especially if that re-situated them outside of the union.
And that's where the Peter Principle comes in, which is the idea
that, in big business, people who do an exceptional job keep being
promoted until they reach a level where they no longer do a good
job, in theory leaving all companies run by incompetent people.. B)
I've certainly run into that a few times...
Unions were good when they were needed but they gained so much
power in many areas that they do more harm than good, and are
less needed now that (in many places) there are government
standards to give workers safe working conditions and reasonable
pay but, of course, the Union always wants their people to have
more than the average, technially more than they are worth, and
for them to pay lots of Union Dues..
I think by this point Unions mainly protect the bad workers and
add to inflation since their higher wages cause increases in prices
bringing about everyone else needing higher wages to catch up, and
then it all starts over.
You can tell I have a bug about them after being threatened by
a Union once because they said I was working hard enough that
I was making everyone else look bad. Things like this had me no
longer working for other people by the time I was 32. My only
'Boss' was the need to do decent work to be worth what I charged.
MP>So we are both great enemies of modern "thinkers." ;)
Hopefully the pendulum will start to swing back before too
many more years. Maybe we will even live that long.. B)
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