Comments on: Meaning, even a very small meaning, can matter a lot

By: Felix

Felix — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 06:50:25 +0000

People like secure jobs, too. As in jobs that aren’t obvious wastes of people, time and resources.

“…dramatically underestimated the effects…”

Perhaps the questioners and question-ees were thinking of two different things.

By: Wang Weilin

Wang Weilin — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 04:44:18 +0000

Mike:

The company I work for is in it for the money (profit). I’m in for the money. On my first day at work years ago in a team building exercise the question was asked,”Why are you here?” Everyone was giving the usual warm fuzzy team building answers until I said money. You would have thought I had belched out loud given their response. I asked if they would work for free. They said no and money went on the list. Nothing like reality for a show stopper.

Lucky for me, my job is still interesting and pays well.

By: Mike in Boston

Mike in Boston — Fri, 17 Mar 2017 14:29:18 +0000

There was, of course, a Dilbert comic strip related to this: "You can choose eternal high pay, but all your work will be burned in front of you at the end of each day. Or you can choose eternal poverty, but your work will be useful and appreciated." "Wow! They're both better than my current job!"

By: Wilbur Hassenfus

Wilbur Hassenfus — Fri, 17 Mar 2017 11:30:53 +0000

Well, I don’t know how clear it is, but it probably demonstrates something about how college students who participate in studies behave around researchers.