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it's a matter of motivation (quokk.au)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
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A meme counter-arguing the claim "Without a profit motive, no one would be productive!" by showing examples of unpaid productivity: Wikipedia, complex Minecraft builds, open-source code, and volunteer firefighters.
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[–] 23 points 7 months ago* (7 children)

Volunteer firefighters do actually still get paid a lot of the time.

Source: Was volunteer firefighter. Was paid per-call.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Same, 6 years from 2005-2011, $7.50 an hour for a call was great money in 2005. I think we were up to $10 by the time I quit

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    I was thinking that was shit money, but I was making $2.13 as a waiter in 1999-2000, so that's about right. I made $5.15 for awhile, then min wage was finally raised to $7.25, where it's been for almost 20 years.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 7 months ago* (3 children)

    Thanks for sharing that - out of curiosity, would you still have done it if it wasn't paid? No judgment, just curious!

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