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Maybe focus on making the less competent more competent?

• zhengyi13 8y ago
  Nonono, that would require actually investing in your people^Wresources. You're supposed to minimize CapEx, man. Human resources are a fixed asset; depreciation is expected, and good for taxes.
  • dragonwriter 8y ago
    > Human resources are a fixed asset Human resources are rented, and thus an expense not an asset; I mean, since the abolition of chattel slavery.
    • TeMPOraL 8y ago
      Which seems like a part of the problem here. Also, since they're an expense, not an asset, why would you want to invest in them? After all, you wouldn't pay for a paint job on a car you're just leasing. And then companies are surprised people job-hop :).
• TheHegemon 8y ago
  As someone who has tried that in the past: it doesn't work. I would kill myself trying to get certain people up to speed and also trying to do my own work. The problem is that it's a self-fulfilling prophecy. For the most part, people are less competent because they don't put in the effort to get more competent. Trying to force people to give more effort is not a fruitful endeavor unfortunately.