Re:The myth of big salaries (it's all marketing)
by stcredzero on Monday March 23, 2009 @09:41AM
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inflate peoples' anticipated future income with no intention of delivering on the promise
Not only that, but without having made explicit promises in the first place!
Re:The myth of big salaries (it's all marketing)
by yters on Monday March 23, 2009 @04:53PM
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Success is a Ponzi scheme:
Everyone thinks that to be Successful Guy they have to work really hard. Successful Guy takes responsibility for their work and becomes more successful. Everyone works harder since Successful Guy is even further beyond their reach. Successful Guy works even less since everyone else is working even harder. Rinse and repeat. Eventually, Successful Guy appears magical and has the ability to rise to the top of any organization.
People overestimate their chances of making it to the CEO level in large corporations, unaware of just how much the game is rigged against them, especially if they didn't inherit a network of connections. Since people-- especially the talented young people who are the workhorses of most companies-- tend to make career decisions based on future income, this is a way to inflate peoples' anticipated future income with no intention of delivering on the promise.