The perpetual zero is a term that is very familiar to anyone who enjoys the life of sales. Each month rewinds the pay chart once again to the wonderful point of not having the first dollar made or guaranteed. No promised revenues have come through, and not a single penny is allotted in the bank account. The only consistent thing is the bills. Without regard or empathy, obligations continue to roll in on the person in sales, but there is great lack for anything to fulfill those obligations. Starting with zero inundates a person with drive, pressure and ingenuity.
Now, what about those who are salaried? Let's suppose a person knows that they will definitely make five thousand dollars a month. Is there the same pressure to move, maneuver, and drive? Is there as much anxiousness, need, and desire to push ahead? What is it that challenges them to succeed, innovate and go beyond the normal obligations at work? Is there any need to do more than what is necessary to fulfill regular duties? Is there any desire to stay at the job a little while longer, work a little harder, and endure a little more?
By the way, why is it that some people want others to slow down their work in an office so that it doesn't make the others look bad? Why would anyone who is able to fulfill their work obligation for a full day within two hours desire to just sit around so the time will pass by? One supposes that if there were certain occupations whose pay changed from contracted promised salaries to perpetual zeros, there might be a change in activity. There might be production that would excel. There might be those who once again put in a full day's work for a living, but for now, take another fifteen minute coffee break, another lunch break, another physical, mental and emotional break, and by all means, instead of a perpetual zero, will someone please just give that salaried worker a raise?
Until tomorrow...Why Say More?
Now, what about those who are salaried? Let's suppose a person knows that they will definitely make five thousand dollars a month. Is there the same pressure to move, maneuver, and drive? Is there as much anxiousness, need, and desire to push ahead? What is it that challenges them to succeed, innovate and go beyond the normal obligations at work? Is there any need to do more than what is necessary to fulfill regular duties? Is there any desire to stay at the job a little while longer, work a little harder, and endure a little more?
By the way, why is it that some people want others to slow down their work in an office so that it doesn't make the others look bad? Why would anyone who is able to fulfill their work obligation for a full day within two hours desire to just sit around so the time will pass by? One supposes that if there were certain occupations whose pay changed from contracted promised salaries to perpetual zeros, there might be a change in activity. There might be production that would excel. There might be those who once again put in a full day's work for a living, but for now, take another fifteen minute coffee break, another lunch break, another physical, mental and emotional break, and by all means, instead of a perpetual zero, will someone please just give that salaried worker a raise?
Until tomorrow...Why Say More?
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