Trend: your colleagues determine your salary

Imagine being able to earn what you want. Well, you can earn what your colleagues want.

At a company in Maassluis, it's a normal thing: there, colleagues determine for each other what the other gets deposited into their account each month. There is simply a large pot, and it can be distributed among everyone. This happens anonymously. If you think Truus deserves more than Marie, you can think that, in secret.

The nice thing about the idea is: it doesn't matter how many days you work. Look, that sounds refreshing. Whether you're in the office four or five days a week doesn't matter at all. Because someone who is there less often can provide more important and valuable input than someone who dutifully spends 60 hours a week there. So it's more about your performance than just sitting at your desk every day from nine to five.

Just a note… If this is the future, it mainly means that you are with your colleagues every day. You have to become besties so that they want the best for you. You no longer see friends: you are at every work gathering, every Saturday you babysit your colleague's kids, and every Sunday you work ahead. You have to be likable, the popular one, the friend of everyone. All for that bonus at the end of the year.

Whether the trend will continue in every company is still questionable. We also find it a bit strange. On the other hand, it’s also kind of cool: you have to solve it together, and that’s what you do. But going on vacation in August when everyone wants to, you no longer dare to…