It's a good bullshit detector. Instead of wasting time dealing with my board member's asinine suggestions, I can study interview questions and get a job at an employer that doesn't suck.
An employer who suggests coupon books in lieu of CoL adjusted salaries is probably out-of-touch or manipulative in a lot of other ways. Call me irrational, but I don't want to spend my days working for a super manipulative employer...
> Surely if you could genuinely acheive your goals by leveraging coupon books, wouldn't that be worth considering?
Sure. But in lieu of raises that keep up with CoL? Hell No.
> you'll have an understanding of why it won't work beyond "well it offended me".
Again, I suggested common sense!
Until I start seeing 2 for 1 mortgages, 1/2 off gasoline, BOGO surgeries, and 25% off tuition in coupon books? Well, it doesn't even take a spreadsheet for me to know that the things moving my CoL up aren't stocked in the Target or grocery stores...
Again, hyper-rationalism that distracts you from using common sense is silly.
> However it's a communication problem because the problem isn't "keep up with inflation", it's "maintain a consistent quality of life despite inflation".
CoL is a quantitative measure of QoL. I'm having a really hard time imagining situations where inflation in the face of stagnant wages doesn't translate into lower QoL. Especially for folks who work for a living.
> and I would never take the time to do this kind of thinking if I rejected ideas that "should offend me" without consideration.
So you would really response neutrally to your employer handing out coupon books instead of annual raises?
Then you're being had.