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Re: The Limits To Growth
In article <597bec$ctg@newz.oit.unc.edu>,
David Whitt <davwhitt@med.unc.edu> wrote:
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>In article <59592t$6rg_006@pm1-89.hal-pc.org>,
>charliew <charliew@hal-pc.org> wrote:
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>>I don't have to scare people. I work in a refinery, where I can witness
>>these cause-and-effect relationships first-hand. In the last year or two,
>>every time costs have risen (for whatever reason, including increased
>>regulation), my employer has "downsized".
This statement is utter nonsense. Companies can not downsize
due to regulatory changes. Manpower needs are dictated by the
technology used to manufacture a product. A company can
only downsize when their technology changes or they reduce
output (deleting a shift). Otherwise they aren't optimizing
their productive capacity. What they are doing is eliminating
redundant employees, using regulatory changes as an excuse,
not a cause. So what the employer is saying is that they were
screwing the stockholder by keeping excess employees to
exaggerate management's tasks and now, to maintain ROI, they
have to 'fess up to excess staffing.
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rha
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