Motivation

[Zippy]

Because - despite your best efforts - the client has insisted on doing it their way and the system is now shagged. Only a few more days Zip. Keep going - you CAN do it.

A purely hypothetical example of course...

[beaker]

I agree - being paid per hour/day effectively means you're penalised for working hard and being good. If I could be paid according to how hard I worked, I'd work hard all the time and take more time off to compensate, which would be better all round.

Like you said above, I hate having nothing to do and enjoy the days where I am busy.

Interesting... a friend of mine has recently started work as a "fiberglasser" ie fixing up the fiberglass on trucks etc. He gets paid per job done and can work as many hours as he wants (within reason) each day. So, lots of work done, lots of pay. Few jobs done, few pay!