Compensation
I can relate deeply to how compensation is a huge motivator in performance and attitude at work. Growing up I worked every break from high school for my dad and uncle building houses and started at $12 an hour and by the time I went to college I was making $20 an hour. As a high school student making $20 an hour I felt I had to put in the effort to show I was worth the cost and work to the best of my abilities. $20 an hour was also way more than minimum wage and so I felt there was a standard of work ethic I had to live up to also. Even though I worked for my dad and uncle and would probably never get fired, I still felt like I had to earn it and I recognized the better I worked the more money they would make on each job. We would work long hours in the cold and snow and travel frequently but the money at the end of the week was worth every bit of It and kept me motivated. I think the realization of increasing rewards with time put in and show of effort and improvement are still a main driving factor and fuel my work ethic. Since I recently got a job that will transition into salary, I have begun to realize more and more how far motivation and hard work go hand in hand with compensation as the employees who I know make the most money are willing to put the most hours in to complete the job. No one gets very far without being motivated and I think compensation and motivation feed off each other increasing the other.