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The future of work: Living with unequal reward

Recent entrants to the workforce are increasingly asking if it’s really worth the effort to work harder, longer and faster. They seem to be questioning whether it’s worth aspiring to climb the next rung on the ladder.

Perhaps more than my generation, these people care about their work/life balance and finding new skills and experiences.

They’re often prepared to adjust their salary expectations accordingly. Unlike my generation, they do not equate pay and promotion to personal worth and don’t all believe entering the upper reaches of the salary league table is worth striving for.

Promotion is desirable because of the new experiences it brings rather than increased pay and responsibility. Instead, they want to earn ‘enough’ – enough to live on and for enjoyment, but not what they view as excessive. Beyond that, they see earning power akin to the law of diminishing returns.

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