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The larger a company is the more out of touch the owners are, so they are not knowingly leaving money on the table. And larger headcount usually mean higher val

by z3t4 4y ago

The larger a company is the more out of touch the owners are, so they are not knowingly leaving money on the table. And larger headcount usually mean higher valuation, so they don't mind. And it might only take a few hours to do the thing the boss hired you for, so the time need to be filled out somehow. Good luck asking your boss if you could go down 50% in time, and keep 100% of the salary.

Spivak 4y ago
> Good luck asking your boss if you could go down 50% in time, and keep 100% of the salary. That’s just the lizard brain mode of thinking. The person you paid $5k to redo your roof isn’t more deserving of the money because they spent two weeks on it instead of one. You’re both better off if they get it done faster. My company went down to 80% time for 100% salary and every metric we use for productivity didn’t change one bit. I have no doubt we could drop another day down to 60% and still have hit all our targets. And anyone who actually works knows why, because the time off isn’t cutting into working time, it’s cutting into bullshit time.
crazygringo 4y ago
To the contrary, the larger a company is, the more professionalized management becomes, and the more inefficiencies can be eliminated. Lots of economies of scale to be found. And valuation has nothing to do with headcount, that's not how stock market analysts work. They look at revenue and costs and growth. The higher salaries are because of increased headcount, the higher costs are and therefore a lower valuation. If it only takes you a few hours to do the thing the boss hired you for, you can bet they're going to find some more productive work for you real quick. In any business, there's virtually always more profitable work to be done that there are employees to do it, so it's not difficult.

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The larger a company is the more out of touch the owners are, so they are not knowingly leaving money on the table. And larger headcount usually mean higher val

by z3t4 4y ago

Spivak 4y ago
> Good luck asking your boss if you could go down 50% in time, and keep 100% of the salary. That’s just the lizard brain mode of thinking. The person you paid $5k to redo your roof isn’t more deserving of the money because they spent two weeks on it instead of one. You’re both better off if they get it done faster. My company went down to 80% time for 100% salary and every metric we use for productivity didn’t change one bit. I have no doubt we could drop another day down to 60% and still have hit all our targets. And anyone who actually works knows why, because the time off isn’t cutting into working time, it’s cutting into bullshit time.
crazygringo 4y ago
To the contrary, the larger a company is, the more professionalized management becomes, and the more inefficiencies can be eliminated. Lots of economies of scale to be found. And valuation has nothing to do with headcount, that's not how stock market analysts work. They look at revenue and costs and growth. The higher salaries are because of increased headcount, the higher costs are and therefore a lower valuation. If it only takes you a few hours to do the thing the boss hired you for, you can bet they're going to find some more productive work for you real quick. In any business, there's virtually always more profitable work to be done that there are employees to do it, so it's not difficult.