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How is that?
by mirimir 6y ago
How is that?
- Supermancho 6y agoThe easiest business metric for measurement is profit per worker hour. What do you mean, "How is that?"
- regularfry 6y agoIt's also relatively useless as a measurement, so you'd expect the profit motive to drive people away from it.
- Supermancho 6y ago> It's also relatively useless as a measurement It is not. It's specifically used because of the utility in the simplest tasks. Factories are designed around throughput and efficiency of workers.
- mirimir 6y agoFair enough. I was mostly talking about professional staff, such as engineers, and some trades. Most traditionally, for example, lawyers and plumbers.
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- regularfry 6y agoWhat would you do with it in an office, though? It's well known that you can't just throw man-hours at cognitive tasks and expect linear or even monotonic returns.
- mirimir 6y agoI asked "How is that?" because relying on worker-reported hours is no less consistent with the profit motive than are current standards for salaried employees. Employers can still calculate "profit per worker hour". And it's arguably more accurate when based on reported work time, rather than just days worked.