Boss tells mechanic he's making too much money, moves him to a pay-per-job commission—regrets it immediately when the mechanic stops managing his business for him: 'The office is filling up with customers, and the phone is ringing constantly'

An auto shop boss switched his experienced mechanic to commission, discovering only afterward how much of the business had been depending on the mechanic's extra efforts. Efforts that were now excluded from the new pay structure and effectively out of the mechanic's job description, so he had simply stopped doing them. This raised questions of fairness in compensation and the unseen value of employee goodwill, as the mechanic maliciously complied with the new structure. How is it that almost everyone who has ever worked on commission has had this experience? You know that argument that you get into at home with your spouse. The one who isn't pulling their weight and contributing to the household functions. Chores, admin, anything that keeps the house organized and moving that you do out of necessity but probably don't want to be doing otherwise.No matter how harmonious the relationship. No matter how much you are a "team" and agree on everything... At some point. At some point one of you will be frustrated about how much you're doing around the house, and, more notably, how much the other one isn't."Hold up, I thought this post was about employment?" You're probably wondering. "No…

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