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Originally Posted by calvin-c
I'm not sure about people not being paid what they're worth, but I'll definitely agree that what they're paid bears little relationship to the amount of work they do. (Or, more precisely, to the amount of effort they put in. For me, programming comes easy so I produce a lot of work for little effort-until I'm given the task of documenting a program purchased without documentation. Writing, for me, take a great deal of effort-so this year I've been 'working' more but actually producing less 'work'. But as I keep reminding myself, it all pays the same. Note that I'm on salary, not piece-work as many, possibly most, authors are. But your statement seemed to be more broadly applied than to just authors, so I answered in the same sense.)
FWIW, the US Declaration of Independence claims people have a right to *pursue* happiness-it says nothing about a right to *achieve* it.
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A lot of people feel they are not being paid what they're worth. Most often, they are not. It has nothing to do with how hard the work is. In the end, you can answer this question easily: "How much do they pay me? And how much do they make off my work each month?". What you make for your employer must be more than salary/wage, vacation, benefits, overhead, etc. If you are really underpaid, then it is time to ask for a raise. And since your effort is worth so much more they will give it to you, otherwise your employer loses. If they don't agree, it will be easy to get a different job, since others will appreciate you working for them.