British Airways boss 'tries to gag staff' on IT meltdown which has hit 300,000 passengers after 'inexperienced staff outsourced to India didn't know to launch back up system'

I call this "Maslow's Heirarchy of Work needs".

Salary (Physiological Needs): Identify what your "break point" is for salary. For me, this means I don't have to worry about rent/food, I can put in 6% to a 401k, I can travel 3x a year (2 short hops home and 1 long trip out of the country) and "petty money" for me is about $100 (basically, I can spend $100 off the cuff without thinking about "Can I afford this?"). At this point, I have no more financial stress.

Boss (Safety): Do you like working for your boss? I've done fun work, I've done boring work and frankly it doesn't matter what I work on; if your boss sucks, you will hate waking up in the morning wonder how you're going to get thrown under the bus again. This reduces work stress.

Coworkers (Social Belonging): Do you like your coworkers? The best job I had was when after work, my coworkers and I had a kickball league every Tuesday, Korean BBQ every Thursday and a Street Fighter 4 tournament every Friday. It's great when you get to see your friends 5 days a week.

Product (Esteem): Do you like what you're working on? I've worked on unsexy backend server work and I've worked on client facing software. It's amazing to see people's face light up when they say "Oh! I love [that product you worked one!" It makes you go the extra mile.

Growth (Self-Actualization). Are you growing in your career? If you're not learning anything new after say, 3-4 months, and they aren't willing to help you grow, maybe it's time to start looking. This scratches my self-improvement itch.

Self-Transcendence: Yeah. Sorry, I'm not here yet.

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