A funny thing too: having an HR manager tends to automatically increase this cost. ;-) NOTE: Not a strike against HR, just reflecting a reality that salary fig

A funny thing too: having an HR manager tends to automatically increase this cost. ;-) NOTE: Not a strike against HR, just reflecting a reality that salary figures for HR people probably disproportionately understate their overall cost. HR people are much more unlikely to work at a company where the only compensation is salary.