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		jart on Sept 3, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I don’t want to grow my freelance design studio in... > If you’re paying someone 50th percentile compensation and demanding a 90th percentile work pace and output from them, you’re just going to have endless turnover as you burn people out. Only if they're a 50th percentile person.

tuukkah on Sept 3, 2023 [–]

Burnout does not work like that.

tomjakubowski on Sept 3, 2023 | [–]

I don't think burnout would have been any easier on me if I'd been taking home a 90th percentile salary instead of a ~mean one.

Burnout is also not only a function of workload. Other factors can contribute too.

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