If they were to treat their machines like they want to treat their
employees (like garbage), then as soon as their $75,000 machine breaks
down a.k.a. is late to work, they will have to throw it out and get a
new one. Can't tolerate any late to works, regardless of the excuse, no
working on repairing the machine, just throw it out and get a new one...

Well, I guess if that $75,000 machine was continually breaking down and
causing missed deadlines on a regular basis, the negative impact it
would have on the bottom line, in repair costs, lost production, and
lost jobs because of missed deadlines would soon make it a liability
deserving to be dumped (or sold at a loss, which is more akin to what
happens when an employee is let go. Since most employers don't fire the
chronically tardy, they just lay them off. It costs that company to do
that, in increased unemployment insurance taxes, and in the investment
to find and train a replacement.

Tillman