Let me have a look at a\u00a0French state employee, who like many state employees around the world is usually not very much thrilled by her work. France has got a very high\u00a0number of people who work for the state\u00a0and they also very often go on sick leave (about 12% of their workdays). \u00a0I would therefore assume that many of them don’t have a very demanding job, perhaps not much\u00a0to do or do rather senseless work. Why do people stick to their\u00a0jobs in a situation like this? The answer is simple: It provides them a secure income. Why does the state employ so (too) many poorly motivated people? Because it\u00a0needs to supply it’s people with an income.<\/p>\n
In this situation an income is paid to a significant number of people, but the recipients are obviously not happy \u00a0with the conditions that apply, hence the frequent sick leaves. On top of the income, the state even has to provide offices, materials, commuting infrastructure, etc. for its employees, adding to the costs.\u00a0This is a perfect example of a conditional basic income gone wrong. We hang on to the believe that people need to have a regular employment as the only justification to an income. Let’s give it a try, let people have an UNCONDITIONAL INCOME and make them happy. Let people do what they really want to do and not force them to organize their lives around a frustrating job, commuting and polluting every day, and additionally producing unnecessary cost to our society.<\/p>\n
This way state offices will be filled with people who choose to work there mainly because they find the work interesting, not because they only hang on to their monthly pay check.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Let me have a look at a\u00a0French state employee, who like many state employees around the world is usually not very much thrilled by her work. France has got a very high\u00a0number of people who work for the state\u00a0and they also very often go on sick leave (about 12% of their workdays). \u00a0I would therefore … Continue reading Motivation for work and work outcome<\/span>