The Record of the 80s and 90s

Evolution

The 1990s has brought about an increasing stress on getting ahead. The way to motivate people to do this has been done largely through financial incentives. Companies are striving to align pay as closely as possible to output. In other words, to implement performance-related pay. The problem with this lies in that it is extremely difficult to monitor and determine output in a good amount of jobs, especially those involving teammwork. In such a case people must be evaluated based on relative performance compared to their peers. This increases stress placed on one's rank within a company and ultimately society.