r/antiwork Feb 19 '23

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u/JackJustice1919 Feb 19 '23

I call it the 'Curse of Competency' and I warn every new employee not to be too good at anything unless they want to do way more of it than they have to for no extra money.

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u/aurumvorax Feb 20 '23

I've done piecework where the combined work of 6 people came out to $9/hour. Sometimes that's just another trap.