Would you rather be over-paid for doing minimal/no work or be under-paid for doing valuable work?
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Himanshu Sharma@heman_shu
Overpaid. And then spend the rest of the day doing what I like :)
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@heman_shu yes but only if you have time. You may be overpaid for full time job that has poor value
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Definitely OVER-PAID for minimal/no work!! I could then use that time/money to create or invest in something of value.
@bilal_chaglani Anything that adds value!
In general, I think you can be over-paid and invest extra money and your free resources in creating value. And when this value starts to bring money, you can completely switch to it.
@stas_voronov Definitely.
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Unpopular opinion but I think it might depend on your current stage at life. I think if you need the money, there is no reason not to take an over-paid job especially if you need to manage some work-life things. Otherwise though I'd rather to do more valuable work.
@richardfliu Right, makes sense.
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It's always gotta be the valuable work. It will pay off more in the long run!
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less work please
@theoxmasunga are you overwokred?
@theoxmasunga Ahahaha, right!)
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What if you consider doing minimal/no work to be very valuable?
@shahalica that'd be great. As long as the work you do adds value and provides you happiness, it's great.
Under-paid. I spend too much time for work that I can't imagine doing a low-valuable work!!!
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@benoit_chambon this is not about the pay check, this is about contribute and feel useful :-)
@benoit_chambon @nazim_m I agree!
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I'd be over-paid for some useless/minimal work and do my valuable work in between :) Even before startups I was doing side projects like copies, translations etc., so I always had things to do after the working day was over
@aleksandra_vovchenko if you have time to do valuable work in between. Once I was responsible to do much useless staff that was pointless to do while it took my all work time
@aleksandra_vovchenko that's a nice approach!
@aleksandra_vovchenko absolutely agree with you
question, is the reason why you got over paid with minimal work, because you already did the hard work and it all pay off so you have more time now :). just asking :D
@jan_mazurek yeah I understand. sorry if that made sound a bit off. but sometimes there are reasons behind everything, as a developer/creators we are born to create and develop, deep inside us there is this fire and eagerness to do great things.
@jayson_cantones that's a possibility for some. But, personally speaking, if I've already done hard work, I won't be able to adjust with no work. I'd always like to add more value.
@jayson_cantones I don't think the main question is about that :-)
I would be over paid for doing no work and do something else on the side 😄
@valentin_haarscher does it inluce learning and self improvement?
@valentin_haarscher As long as that adds value, it's good.
I have to do something I love or I won’t work at all. Underpay me because I know the money I’m destined to earn will find its way to me.
@thecoachchris_ Totally!
From a few years point of view I must say beeing "over-paid for doing minimal/no work" is worse then "be under-paid for doing valuable work"
First of all your client or supervisor does not respect what you are doing, while you are not showing worthy of your job. In other words you are doing job that someone else may do, and may it do cheeper than you!
Secondly you do job that not makes you to improve yourself - you are stuck with old technology / management / selling solutions / etc, that will not be merit when you will search for another job (and one day you will).
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@jan_mazurek Or it could be that you have an unusual skill set. And they do respect you for your work because it helps them out greatly and is well worth what they are paying you, but for you it is super easy and doesn't take a lot of effort.
@jan_mazurek Totally makes sense. If you are having no personal growth, it might not be the right place to be in.
The other issue is: there are plenty of underpaid useful and hard jobs and very few well paid easy ones.
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@maxim_frostman Maxim, you look at the root of the problem!
@maxim_frostman Right, that's true!
I would choose under-paid doing valuable work.
@suheyla_seker Same!
I would rather be over-paid for doing minimal/no work so I could work on projects in my free time that create value while knowing I have the bills covered.
@jack_davis7 @christine_renee I think that's a nice way to look at things. Creating value is most important.
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@jack_davis7 I was going to say the exact same thing. Currently, that's the position I'm in (for the first time in my life) and it is wonderful.
I wupold like to be paind just the right amount of pay, I used to work as a emplyee and hire people, and I don't understand why i should pay someone for doing no work
@mateusz_zarod1 Ofcourse, makes sense.
I love that input. I think it's very important to get the right value out of your work. No matter how much you earn, if you hate what you are doing the money will not bring you happiness. However, if you are under-paid and you struggle to pay rent or your insurance that sucks as well no matter how valuable the work is you are doing. All in all, I would say I'd rather like what I'm doing and be under-paid as long as I get payment enough to cover all my needs and maybe a little extra ;-)