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   by _______________ 14y ago

   I think it's a bit of systemic mistrust rather than any underhanded plan. The owner is worried about what he sees as a high salary and wants to bake in some accountability.
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   by _______________ 14y ago

   Truth isn't a binary, it's a gradient. There's both rational and emotional truth in many things we label wrong or unjust. Meanwhile, we evolved to sift through information rapidly towards self-preservation. This has obvious drawbacks like a
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   by _______________ 14y ago

   Good advice, thank you. I told the employer that since this is a reduction rather than addition, it's more like a punitive system.
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   by _______________ 14y ago

   That's exactly what I was thinking as well. In context of CTO-level work, pay-for-performance would also seem to encourage meeting reward goals at the expense of a thousand other unmeasured tasks.
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   by _______________ 14y ago

   Benefits are all buy in at group rates, no equity options, so that may be moot in this case. Good point though.
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   Ask HN: Are any of you salaried under pay-for-performance?

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   by _______________ 14y ago

   Linux/Chrome, doesn't work for me either.