Why is Tumblr getting the credit when it’s an XKCD comic that has the message, not the platform.

It became the post of the year on Reddit that year. I bump into it from time to time in the interwebz. :)

Hah! I didn’t even notice. Debo wasn’t available on Reddit 15+ years ago when I joined so I actually added the “re”. It took the rise of Lemmy for me to use my preferred nick. :)

lol. I’m the one who coined the term after Wadsworth came up with the concept!

Compared to what? A flat rate?

It’s like they took 32 individual interior design students, put them in a blender, then sprayed them in separate rooms.

There’s some new research that shows raising pay is not great for retention. Studies say it’s better to take that money and put it into a long-term benefit line a pension, profit sharing, while life insurance with a cash out value, etc.

Raises and bonuses had about a 3-month effect.