It ought to be that simple, but it isn't. For one thing there is the
mimimum wage law. Which is a big help to some, but not necessarily the
person that works for minimum wage. For example you need a ditch dug.
To dig it by hand will take 20 hours. Minmum wage is $5 / hour. The
guy with the backhoe charges you $100. Minimum wage is $ 7.50 and
hour. The guy with the back hoe charges $150.

And then there is the equal opportunity law. Easiest to show you
comply by hiring to quotas.

And then there are government contracts. They are more or less cost
plus percentage contracts. Not stated as such, but never the less. So
there the incentive is to hire the least productive employees and still
keep the contract. Least efficent so more are employed, which means
more overhead workers, the boss is over more people and gets higher
salary.

Lots of distortions.


Dan

jim rozen wrote:


This is classic free market economics. What part of it would you
change, and how? Again, UPS has a fully developed HR department that's
paid a bunch to figure out exactly how to get the best employees for
the smallest amount of money. It's what they DO.


:^)

Jim


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