Since I'm not with the company anymore, I can't attest to what management does day in and day out, but since anyone with a per unit analysis and a calculator can get a ball park estimate of what people are making each month, I wouldn't see a reason to whip out commission checks for anyone else to see.

While at ERAC, I couldn't control whether a certain person in management was bragging about pay. But I certainly had the choice to use it as motivation, since I saw myself capable of making the pay they were bragging about. If I felt it was something that was out of my reach, I guess I would have resented their bragging.

If the attitude of the person bragging about their check is "this is what I made last year/month/etc, and I'd love to help you get there too" that's definitely something I'd appreciate, because that would be them attempting to motivate me.

I'd be a little annoyed if they were saying "ha ha - look at this fat check you'll never get to experience," but again, as a competitive person, I'd use that as "I'll show them" motivation.

So, it most likely comes down to choosing to control what I can control - my reaction to the message. Steven Covey talks about being proactive, and that part of being proactive is choosing one's response - being "response-able". This is an example of that principle at work.

I still stand by the fact that I can't be convinced that someone has a better lot in life based on more money and less hours. there are too many other variables to factor in to that equation, the most important of which is: is your new job with more money and less hours a better gig for you? The ridiculous part of bringing that to the table on this discussion board is that that exact same job that is a good fit for you might be a bad fit for someone else, and that pay and hours are nothing more than 2 variables people use to evaluate their careers. I could be a 6-hour a day, $20 an hour shit-shoveler and make more than an ERAC MT. However, that job would stink.