# golden handcuffs (incentive)

*Ordinarily means:* a job that pays so well you can't afford to quit

the pay creates a wall that keeps the people's stay parameter within the window, stopping the drift of that parameter toward the outside, so the pay itself acts as a trap

- Computed level: L19 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: employment

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [pay](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-pay.economic), [create](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-create.production), [wall](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-wall.range-end), [keep](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-keep.maintenance), [people](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-people.social), [parameter](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-parameter.condition), [window](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-window.range), [stop](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-stop.action), [drift](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-drift.aimless), [outside](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-outside.spatial), [act](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-act.deed), [trap](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-trap.undesirable)

**Through:** the pay creates a wall that keeps the stay parameter within the window, stopping its drift outward

**Novel properties:**
- compensatory constraint

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-golden-handcuffs.incentive*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-golden-handcuffs.incentive.json*  
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