My graphic design teacher told us a story about a past employer
So apparently, they were in a meeting or something and the boss says this
“If I paid you twice the amount of money you make right now, would you work harder?”
Now someone in the meeting says yes, and then our graphic teacher looked at them shocked and knew they were going to be in trouble.
The point of it was to show that you should be working as hard as you can if you are getting paid at all