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Employee: “Karl, I know that if I ask you for an additional 2 potatoes per week, you will say no.” Me: “Right” Employee: “Instead, I would like to ask you for zero potatoes. On one condition.” “Oh?” “When the executive team shakes the dirt off of their potatoes, I would like to take some of that soil.” “Sure, but why?” “Because soon, if the executives continue to prosper, I will have enough soil to grow my own potato garden.” I promoted him to Senior Cog on the spot. The lesson? Always take equity over salary. What do you think?
10 months ago
Everyone knows that trickle down potatonomics works if you just believe in it.
10 months ago
I love it when two free individuals on equal footing naturally come to an agreement like that