At the Hamburg shower company Premium, the boss gets the same hourly wage as the truck driver. Is that fair? And how does motivation work if not through salary? A visit to the collective.
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Saskia Aleythe, Hamburg
work differently
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Actually, they could also sell chairs or wastepaper baskets, says Uwe Lübbermann. The product doesn’t really matter, his company is about the work. Therefore, to work differently, better. However, you probably wouldn’t be sitting here on these stairs next to the Golden Pudel Club in Hamburg with a chair or wastepaper basket seller. Twenty years ago they sold the cola here that Lübbermann sells under the Premium name, and there are now elderflower soda and mate.