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Given equal technology, private services can only be cheaper if they exploit their workers harder, after all they have to make a profit so the difference has to
by tehjoker 6y ago
Given equal technology, private services can only be cheaper if they exploit their workers harder, after all they have to make a profit so the difference has to come from somewhere. They could potentially offer better service by addressing certain niches that a broader service would be less suited to address, which partially explains UPS, FedEx, DHL etc.
Privatizing government services is a money grab nearly 100% of the time.
- missedthecue 6y agoWhy does the UPS pay better than the post office if they only exist through the "exploitation" of their workforce?
- tehjoker 6y agoEither they skimp on benefits, they have a better paying niche, provide fewer services, or they work fewer employees harder per unit of work. There's no real alternative holding technology constant. In any case, if they are making a profit that's just skimming cream off the value their employees produce in excess of what they are paid, so exploitation is the right term.
- evan_ 6y agoThey can also be cheaper by doing less, e.g. no more rural service