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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, @02:50PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 13 2016, @02:50PM (#440791)

    you make me rich enough to not need working, and I guarantee I won't do anything but pursue my hobbies afterwards.

  • (Score: 2) by q.kontinuum on Tuesday December 13 2016, @03:10PM

    by q.kontinuum (532) on Tuesday December 13 2016, @03:10PM (#440806) Journal

    ... but can you guarantee the hobbies are all totally unproductive?

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    Registered IRC nick on chat.soylentnews.org: qkontinuum
    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 13 2016, @04:11PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 13 2016, @04:11PM (#440830)

      His hobby is Warcraft. QED