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And people aren't 'overqualified' in the absence of perverse incentives. If you have a choice between two applicants for the same job at the same salary, you go with the better one. It's only if there exists some absurd rule that forbids people from freely negotiating for their salary and benefits that this is not true. If you happen to live somewhere with such perverse incentives, leave. If you can't or won't, that's a relevant Disadvantange right there. GURPS characters without Disadvantages are assumed to be able and willing to be 'adventurers' and are not tied down anywhere. Quote:
A rational actor would fire the person doing the job and hire you. And until we've centralised all production, we'll still have some rational people running companies. Quote:
Sure, some people are bad at making decisions about how to maximise their profits. Happily, we have a mechanism that weeds out many of them and keeps the people who are better at spotting talent in business. It's not perfect, but it still prevents people with high skills from languishing at Starbucks. Unless those people have Disadvantages. Quote:
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Are you absolutely sure that this is not representative of a Disadvantage, at least at Quirk level, in GURPS? Given that a character without any Disadvantages is a rootin', tootin' adventurer who'll go out and delve into dungeons for a chance at some filthy lucre?
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Economics will not more make you rich than Expert Skill (Political Science) will get you elected.
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05-12-2010, 06:54 PM | #93 |
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That's great and wishing to continue to live under such tyranny is probably a Quirk level Disadvantage on its own. Quote:
This isn't a theory, by the way. It's what I did the last time I needed a job. Granted, I worked for free for a day, not a month, but that's how long it took the people to offer me a job.
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And compared to an H1B my $400/month in college loan payments automatically makes things harder on me to take less pay. I don't have to pay those while unemployed, if I did I'd already have imploded from losing my job. Oh and as for 'disadvantages', no more than anyone else... Far less than some... I don't drink, smoke, or do drugs (That HR director I mentioned btw was a druggy). I'm usually personalable (Though opinionated at times, but it's not like that is a sin). I usually get along with most people. Quote:
Money directly relates to your real world ability to 'adventure'. Even GURPS somewhat gets this with "Depending on the level you drop to, these might include unpaid servants quitting, threats from your landlord, malnutrition, eviction, or anything else the GM feels appropriate. The GM may also reduce your effective Status to the level you’re supporting in any situation where your reduced circumstances would cause a negative reaction; e.g., at a “society” function or when meeting strangers who do not recognize your face." The problem with real versus GURPS is that it's quite easy to not just 'go down a level' but drop from 'Poor' to 'dead broke' in an instant in real life. Quote:
The real world isn't rational. When mommy Dearest from my HR example wanted the company to hire her son, I nearly got the boot even though he lacks _any_ skills. Is that rational...? Quote:
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On the other hand 3 months to pass 6 tests for one of 2 or 3 government jobs in my field a year...? The cost/benefit analysis says no. It's about the same odds as winning the lottery. |
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This is not an especially unusual case. Most drug and prostitution laws operate under the same principle.
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People forcing their morals on others is wrong and evil. No matter what morals those are.
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05-12-2010, 08:34 PM | #99 | ||
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After all, like I said, if you can get labor for free, why would any profit seeking company ever pay for it? People who want jobs and experience come in, do work, and get replaced by the next batch of naive job seekers who work for free. Quote:
Sure, and it can work when the economic conditions are right, and I've recommended it to people myself, doesn't change the fact that it doesn't work when the conditions aren't right, or the fact that when there's a slump companies take advantage of the free labor coming through that revolving door. |
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The reason that companies pay for good work is that it's rare. Degrees are not all that rare, but people who come through them without Disadvantages and with high skills are.
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