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DirkGently

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92. One of the studies ...

Tue Aug 4, 2015, 01:13 AM

Aug 2015

Behold, the Pettiness of Man:

A study by researchers at the University of Warwick and Cardiff University has found that money only makes people happier if it improves their social rank. The researchers found that simply being highly paid wasn't enough -- to be happy, people must perceive themselves as being more highly paid than their friends and work colleagues.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100322092057.htm

(Emphasis mine)

I don't even think this is the one I was thinking about.

So there are probably more like this.

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This CEO gave his lowest-paid employees huge raises and it made some people angry [View all] Agschmid Aug 2015 OP

See sometimes you just cant make all happy. Thinkingabout Aug 2015 #1

Wage compression, even my employees are having issues as we raise wages. Agschmid Aug 2015 #2

Wage compression or the need for some humans Fawke Em Aug 2015 #4

It's likely a bit of both, but it's interesting to see. Agschmid Aug 2015 #6

I just can't imagine. Fawke Em Aug 2015 #8

The only legit gripe. . . Springslips Aug 2015 #42

Idiots. Fawke Em Aug 2015 #3

Always got to have someone to look down on... Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2015 #5

Boo freakin hoo flobee1 Aug 2015 #29

Exactly. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2015 #31

Good ole American greed. Hoyt Aug 2015 #7

Pay is an emotional issue. Ilsa Aug 2015 #9

and how do you know that the ones on the low end of the scale niyad Aug 2015 #49

I don't. But that was an assumption made by Ilsa Aug 2015 #62

+1 Alfalfa Aug 2015 #53

Interesting. SheilaT Aug 2015 #10

I could see the salary structure working against them in negotiating with a new employer. Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2015 #11

+1 Alfalfa Aug 2015 #61

I worked at a company tha didn't pay all that mucht hollysmom Aug 2015 #12

What's annying to me is sometimes you have to leave and come back to make more $$$. Agschmid Aug 2015 #14

Ha I have friends that did that,. hollysmom Aug 2015 #23

Was he just looking to lower the inequality between him & the peons? X_Digger Aug 2015 #13

I know.That sucks. They could eat every day. Or send their kids to college. Here you were jtuck004 Aug 2015 #15

Busting my ass, while Jimmy-finger-up-his-nose over there surfs porn all day.. X_Digger Aug 2015 #22

You are so busy yet have time to stick your higher-paid nose into Jimmy's biz? jtuck004 Aug 2015 #24

Lol, you haven't a clue about life in a modern fishbowl office, have you? X_Digger Aug 2015 #37

But you are showing how selfish you are. All this time you have been getting paid more than women jtuck004 Aug 2015 #44

Keep your fingers out of my mouth. My words come out just fine without help. X_Digger Aug 2015 #47

If you've been working so hard, then you shouldn't have had enough energy kcr Aug 2015 #70

Second verse, same as the first. X_Digger Aug 2015 #76

Pure projection. Some people don't care about everyone else's business kcr Aug 2015 #81

I see you've never actually worked a bullpen. X_Digger Aug 2015 #83

I'm not surprised you'd jump right to a conclusion kcr Aug 2015 #85

The idiot on the cell phone in line with you in the grocery store talking about his follicles.. X_Digger Aug 2015 #86

You don't hear me advocating for the grocery store to reduce his groceries kcr Aug 2015 #87

I'm just wondering how you can ignore the blather around you, if, as you say, you've worked bullpens X_Digger Aug 2015 #89

I do think he can pay his employees as he sees fit. Bonx Aug 2015 #27

Some folks seem to think that makes you a terrible person... Positrons Aug 2015 #32

People who have a bias against lower paid workers may not be the worst in the world kcr Aug 2015 #71

so all the ones on the lower end of the scale are lackluster niyad Aug 2015 #50

You're the second person to pull words out of my mouth that I didn't say. Stop that. X_Digger Aug 2015 #60

and I give 0/10 for trying to pretend that you did not say what is clearly there in print for niyad Aug 2015 #68

Yes, those with reading comprehension can see exactly what I wrote, without edits. X_Digger Aug 2015 #74

keep trying. niyad Aug 2015 #75

I don't have to. You're the one making an intimation. Please continue, governor. n/t X_Digger Aug 2015 #77

I understand what you are saying, X_Digger Skittles Aug 2015 #94

Reminds me of a couple of things: freshwest Aug 2015 #16

I read this and I knew there would be issues but I knew he meant well. LynneSin Aug 2015 #17

When we raise the minimum as a country it's going to be interesting to see how we... Agschmid Aug 2015 #18

If we go to $15/hr that's $31,2000 a year which is is a nice bump from $15,080 (7.25) LynneSin Aug 2015 #38

yup melm00se Aug 2015 #43

And that's America's problem right there. HughBeaumont Aug 2015 #67

So what's stopping her from going to McDonald's for all that easy money? frylock Aug 2015 #88

Feelings hurt vs. giving more money to meet the costs of food/rent/meds? valerief Aug 2015 #19

cry me a river 4dsc Aug 2015 #20

This. hifiguy Aug 2015 #55

I'm curious to know how long the low wage earners had been working for the company. nt threethirteen Aug 2015 #21

Another point about wages and pay scales. SheilaT Aug 2015 #25

Interesting. a la izquierda Aug 2015 #33

In the airlines, everyone made pretty much the same, SheilaT Aug 2015 #39

You think their is howling now about that, wait till the folks that make $15 to $20 an hour... virginia mountainman Aug 2015 #26

The CEO could have done it differently if he had not wanted media attention SoCalDem Aug 2015 #28

Why are people mean spirited like this gollygee Aug 2015 #30

exactly Go Vols Aug 2015 #69

I have a PhD and won't see $70000... a la izquierda Aug 2015 #34

Yup. Agschmid Aug 2015 #41

This guy is acting emotionally and not rationally. TM99 Aug 2015 #35

one 26 year old w 5 year there elehhhhna Aug 2015 #36

He should gave given everyone a raise. geek tragedy Aug 2015 #40

"they worried that they'd now face pressures for higher wages from their own employees" Lizzie Poppet Aug 2015 #45

Interesting Bettie Aug 2015 #46

sadly, that attitude is no longer surprising niyad Aug 2015 #51

People have become small Bettie Aug 2015 #58

The fact is some people have taken steps to earn more money. Travis_0004 Aug 2015 #52

Why not? kcr Aug 2015 #72

Where is the motivatuon to try harder? Travis_0004 Aug 2015 #73

What is it any business of yours? kcr Aug 2015 #79

That education costs money and time mythology Aug 2015 #65

As assumption that people who make less than 70K a year Bettie Aug 2015 #66

That's the US class war in a nutshell. Marr Aug 2015 #48

Fascinating look into human stupidity. DirkGently Aug 2015 #54

+1. This guy does something positive and gets crud for it. Makes no sense. Hoyt Aug 2015 #56

Excellent observations Populist_Prole Aug 2015 #57

Excellent Bettie Aug 2015 #59

That Is Crazy erpowers Aug 2015 #64

One of the studies ... DirkGently Aug 2015 #92

I believe you now, but wouldn't have before this thread. Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #80

This. tenderfoot Aug 2015 #82

But . . . always remember . . . . HughBeaumont Aug 2015 #95

Ahh, it never gets old. Fla_Democrat Aug 2015 #63

Resentment KT2000 Aug 2015 #78

instead of keeping up with the joneses noiretextatique Aug 2015 #84

The problem appears to have been more emotional than economic. livingonearth Aug 2015 #90

It will be interesting to see how this pay system works long term goldent Aug 2015 #91

ABC World News Tonight Totally Misrepresented This Story erpowers Aug 2015 #93