Value of Work
1. Compare the benefits one might receive from working at Mozilla to work- ing at Microsoft, or working at Grameen Bank to working at a local bank. How are they likely to differ? How are they likely to be similar?
2. Could you ever envision a point in your own life before retirement when you would be willing to trade wages and income for more leisure time? Besides taking time away from work to raise a family, what other reasons might lead you to consider such a decision? Do you know anyone who has done this?
3. What factors other than wages would influence you to change jobs? To take a job? To quit a job? Other than wages, what are the three most important aspects of any job you would seek?
4. If not for wages, why work? If you were granted extra time in each day would you choose to spend any of it at work?
5. Reflecting on the Greg Smith case, is it possible to find meaning working for a for-profit firm such as Goldman Sachs?
