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"Job footprint" is a nice weaselly phrase, evoking "employees" and not actually meaning employees.
by delinka 7y ago
"Job footprint" is a nice weaselly phrase, evoking "employees" and not actually meaning employees.
- bromuro 7y agoHow would you call it? It was clear enough to me :)
- outside1234 7y agoI mean, where does this stop, does it include people who sell accessories for the iPhone?
- adventured 7y agoSure it does. If you continue down the chain, the contribution share declines. The company or person selling $0.99 stickers specifically for iPhones, isn't contributing much to the footprint and isn't particularly relevant to the numbers, however they are part of the footprint regardless. You wouldn't focus on that contribution because it is very obviously small, which is not the same as it not existing at all.
- crazygringo 7y agoActually I think it's totally transparent. Employees means employees. "Footprint" is widely used to mean total effect at all levels removed, not just the immediate one -- e.g. carbon footprint is the carbon used by all suppliers and their suppliers and so on, not just in final assembly. And it's meaningful too -- if Apple suddenly shut up shop, this is the total number of US workers who could be affected (although not necessarily laid off). What else would you call it?