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Re:Valve – Handbook for New Employees (2012) [pdf] by ck425 on Monday July 25, 2016 @10:05AM (#12158730)
'Nothing is a more powerful inducement than financial incentives'

Actually there's a lot of research that contradicts this. Essentially as long as people have enough money that they don't worry about money ie a comfortable middle class lifestyle for country/area, and they don't think they earn significantly less that their peers, money is very inefficient and occasionally negative incentive for tasks that require a decent level cognitive ability.

Re:Valve – Handbook for New Employees (2012) [pdf] by thenomad on Monday July 25, 2016 @11:54AM (#12159490)
IIRC Peopleware showed that financial bonuses were tremendously effective - at reducing peoples' investment in their work.