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Comment on Ikea’s CEO has solved the Swedish retailer’s global ‘unhappy worker’ crisis by raising salaries, introducing flexible working and subsidizing childcare

nucleative@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

It sounds obvious on the surface but higher wages don’t always equal happier staff or more output.

I don’t think the staff making 500k at OpenAI will be measurably happier with another 100k, for example.

But there is definitely a lot to be gained by getting staff as far away from a sense of poverty as possible and ikea might have helped their line workers a lot with this change.

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moon@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
500k in the Bay Area is very different to 100k, especially if you have a family. So I think that would make a massive difference in happiness.

I think 5 times any salary affords you greater security, flexibility and opportunities that have to make a measurable difference in how happy you can be

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- nyctre@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  The employees are already making 500k and the raise would be to 600k, in this example. You misread the op.
  
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  - moon@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Good spot. My bad OP. Carry on…
    
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