The Problem with Annual Pay Increases
January 6, 2007
How much extra pay did your efforts at work earn you last year ? What Incentive? I’m not sure how the 3.5% annual merit increase I received yesterday is supposed to motivate me to work hard in 2007. Don’t get me wrong, I’m grateful to have a steady job and that my pay is increasing […]
How to Turn Your Time into Money at Work
November 21, 2006
How can we most effectively use our time to maximize our income? Time Is Money When you’re at work, every minute that goes by is costing your employer money. In return, they expect productivity; they expect you to generate value for them. If you work for yourself, you want every minute you spend to be […]
Where Do You Stop on the Way Up the Corporate Ladder?
November 16, 2006
Which rung of the corporate ladder are you on? Which one are you aiming for? Did you have to work hard to get where you are today? How much harder are you willing to work to keep moving up? In my early years as a software developer I used to look at the big cheeses […]