This works in my experience. Certainly for me! The two main companies I worked for, a decade each, treated engineers as intelligent, capable self managing individuals and the result was similar. If you wanted to work on a particular project, or certain tasks, they would try to accommodate this. Although the stuff we got to work on was rarely something you would want to turn down because it was usually new, full of challenge and the opportunity to learn. There was also the opportunity to find something that interested you and go try to get someone to pay you to do it. Something I took advantage of.
From my point of view it was much more fun. Very rarely was I feeling I had to do something without caring about it or feeling it wasn’t also good for me to tackle.
Even difficult stuff is much easier when it feels like your choice, and you can get support if something gets too hard or is beyond you. Trust and respect go a long way.
I count myself lucky to have stumbled on the first company early in my career, and that meant i knew how to find a place that would work for me when I decided to move on.
It’s great to hear how this is working for the MaidSafe team. I think looking after yourself is important too, and if you aren’t doing so having people around you who will tell you you need to take a break or find a way to take the pressure off etc. This can be built in too.
The first company billed hours to clients, so every week we had to fill out a timesheet that was supposed to add up to 37.5 hours. If your total added up, it generally didn’t matter what time you rolled up for work, or what time you went home, especially if you kept a fairly regular schedule so others knew when you were likely to be around. If you did more than 45 hours in a week it was recorded and you took that time off later like additional holiday days. I never heard of anyone abusing this system while I was there.
Seeing how people are treated with low paid ‘flexible’ contracts these days is claimed to be like this, but it is completely different. People aren’t treated with respect, trusted, or listened to. I know people in those kind of jobs and they are soul destroying, and cause illness in many.
I couldn’t support a project unless it worked for everyone involved, so it’s great when I hear insights into how MaidSafe functions.
) No it’s how it’s supposed to be, chunks are in xor space, we know where they are and Adults need to republish them etc.
