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Re:No Time to Be Nice at Work by johnchristopher on Sunday June 21, 2015 @07:34AM (#9753010)
Did they get a raise as a consequence of the higher output ?

Since we are social animals then preventing talking between us make things harder for us at some points, ie the job gets harder, so that could be an argument for higher wage.

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Re:No Time to Be Nice at Work by amelius on Sunday June 21, 2015 @09:07AM (#9753261)
He stated that for every employee his father could find 50 other people to do the job. So I guess they didn't get a raise :/
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Re:No Time to Be Nice at Work by jessaustin on Sunday June 21, 2015 @09:45AM (#9753398)
This seems like an ideal situation for pay by the piece, which would have probably increased productivity per hour (not necessarily per dollar of pay) even more. Also it would have rewarded specialists and reduced the turnover implied by 50 people in line. I wonder why that wasn't attempted.
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