Re: The surprising truth about what motivates us
I like his theories.
I worked in the medical field all my life. One would expect that "trancendent purpose" to have powered things to a T. We mostly loved what we did, and wanted to do better at it all the time.
So, the first concept of paying enough to take money off the table: Administrators constantly try to get people to work for the least amount of money, and the most amount of hours, with less and less staffing to the point of endangering patients.
It is a constant source of friction.
Administrators are unwilling to pay enough, period. The federal government undercuts wages, by refusing to pay full cost, but rather dictating what is an acceptable cost, and then only paying 80% of that! (it's worse than that, but that's a start).
Finally, rather than doing poor work and endangering someone outright, workers (nurses especially) call in sick at a high rate. Perhaps much higher than other workers.
Interestingly enough, Hospitals work far better when the administrator is gone.
Just my opinion, I could be mistaken.
