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Love of company and fear of the unknown are good motivational factors, as
are stock options, flex-time and that green cloth-paper stuff we sometimes
get to play with on the weekends.
HOWEVER...
I was SHOCKED to see not one PRIDE IN MY WORK reply. Shame on all of you!!!
;-)
I seek responses for career planning purposes. All responses appreciated.
My observations prompting the above question:
In many of the software development organizations that I have been exposed
to (especially smaller companies), salaried staff puts in much more than 40
hours per week.
The way I see it, there are but two things that motivate individuals at work
a lot of (free) overtime:
1.) Love of God, country, and company.
2.) Fear. Either fear resulting from 'threats' from the boss or fear that
if Tom is working X hours a day and Mary is working X hours a day, I had
better put in X hours a day, or else I will 'look' bad.
Tony Markatos
(tonymar -at- hotmail -dot- com)
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