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posted by Snow on Tuesday December 13 2016, @10:52AM   Printer-friendly
from the this-is-just-what-our-corporate-overlords-want-us-to-think dept.

You’d think striking it suddenly rich would be the ultimate ticket to freedom. Without money worries, the world would be your oyster. Perhaps you’d champion a worthy cause, or indulge a sporting passion, but work? Surely not. However, remaining gainfully employed after sudden wealth is more common than you’d think. After all, there are numerous high-profile billionaires who haven’t called it quits despite possessing the luxury to retire, including some of the world’s top chief executives, such as Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg.

But it turns out, the suddenly rich who aren’t running companies are also loathe to quit, even though they have plenty of money. That could be, in part, because the link between salary and job satisfaction is very weak.


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  • (Score: 0, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 13 2016, @11:50AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 13 2016, @11:50AM (#440748)

    Lounging about doing nothing is, I'm sure, wonderful for quite a long time. But most people would, I think, retain some semblance of work, even if it's on their own, at their pace, and when THEY want to.

    Nope. See hikikomori, neets, social refusniks don't want to work, and quite frankly they don't want to deal with people like you, because of this:

    But making something, doing something, building something, is an inherent part of enjoying life, rich or poor. Whether that's a house, a family, a skyscraper, or a vaccine, everyone has something that they want to make.

    Instead of recognizing that people can be motivated to make things for their own personal satisfaction, you presuppose the motivation for making things should be to impress other people. You're not worth it, asshole.

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 13 2016, @11:53AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 13 2016, @11:53AM (#440749)

    Nope. See hikikomori, neets, social refusniks don't want to work, and quite frankly they don't want to deal with people like you, because of this:

    Not just because of that, but because they lack a desire to interact with others to varying extents. The contempt for filthy normies is part of it, but not everything.

    Although I would hardly describe what they do as "nothing". They have their own hobbies and presumably enjoy them greatly.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 13 2016, @12:03PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 13 2016, @12:03PM (#440752)

      Hikki hobbies don't necessarily produce anything that they can show to others, and why should they, because they don't interact with others. They may deliberately choose to produce nothing tangible, so the filthy normies never get their filthy hands on it. Consider for one example, a musician who never performs for an audience and never records their work in any form.

  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday December 13 2016, @02:35PM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday December 13 2016, @02:35PM (#440787) Journal

    Instead of recognizing that people can be motivated to make things for their own personal satisfaction, you presuppose the motivation for making things should be to impress other people. You're not worth it, asshole.

    OTOH, I wouldn't have a problem working for such a person, since at least they care about their work.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 13 2016, @04:56PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 13 2016, @04:56PM (#440847)

    Hikis and neets exist because society is broken. Its certainly why I became one for a while.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 13 2016, @05:38PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 13 2016, @05:38PM (#440869)

      That might be true for some of them, but countless others genuinely don't like interacting with others and would rather do other things.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 13 2016, @06:07PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 13 2016, @06:07PM (#440892)

        They don't like interacting in person because people are shit and everyone's a fucking asshole, because society raised them that way. They get all their interaction online, like in MMOs and irc, where people aren't all such fucking pricks.