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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) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 13 2016, @12:44PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 13 2016, @12:44PM (#440764)

    Small difference is most businesses are out to make money. Hard to do that if Bob is causing high turnover.

    And no, I'm already almost at the independently wealthy point, and my employers know it, so I don't even catch 1/10 of the shit other people do.

    Maybe the problem is the organization of open source projects? I mean most socialist countries become shitholes. Hard not to imagine most things that emulate that end up the same.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 13 2016, @12:56PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 13 2016, @12:56PM (#440769)

    And no, I'm already almost at the independently wealthy point, and my employers know it, so I don't even catch 1/10 of the shit other people do.

    You mean your employers aren't itching to fire you juuuust before you become independently wealthy, to screw you over and make you beg? How fucking lucky are you!

    Maybe the problem is the organization of open source projects? I mean most socialist countries become shitholes. Hard not to imagine most things that emulate that end up the same.

    The organization of open source projects is anybody can quit at any time, the most stubborn asshole always wins, and the key to advancement is to become the biggest asshole.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 13 2016, @01:05PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 13 2016, @01:05PM (#440772)

      The organization of open source projects is anybody can quit at any time

      Or fork the project. Or start another project. Or possibly the problem isn't the other people...

      In any case, that's different than coding at EA and having to make rent.

      the most stubborn asshole always wins, and the key to advancement is to become the biggest asshole.

      See the Soviet Union.

    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday December 13 2016, @03:00PM

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday December 13 2016, @03:00PM (#440800) Journal

      You mean your employers aren't itching to fire you juuuust before you become independently wealthy, to screw you over and make you beg? How fucking lucky are you!

      Oddly enough, people aren't colossally stupid just because you have infantile stereotypes.

  • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Tuesday December 13 2016, @06:26PM

    by bob_super (1357) on Tuesday December 13 2016, @06:26PM (#440904)

    > Hard to do that if Bob is causing high turnover

    Hey! It's not my fault if those guys can't handle perspective and context.