[Prev][Next][Index][Thread]

Re: The Limits To Growth



In article <597bec$ctg@newz.oit.unc.edu>,
David Whitt <davwhitt@med.unc.edu> wrote:
>
>In article <59592t$6rg_006@pm1-89.hal-pc.org>,
>charliew <charliew@hal-pc.org> wrote:

[cut]

>>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.
  
-- 
rha