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True. But you're not really "buying" either. You pay this MBA $80K, and he adds a certain amount of value (presumably more than $80K). It's all dividends. T
by aneesh 18y ago
True. But you're not really "buying" either. You pay this MBA $80K, and he adds a certain amount of value (presumably more than $80K). It's all dividends. There's very little fixed cost (training, a couple weeks to get up to speed) that could be considered as "buying".
- byrneseyeview 18y agoThere's very little fixed cost I think that's a big mistake. Getting used to people at the company, learning about the industry, learning new technology, developing new skills in general -- all of these are investments with a long-term (multi-year) payoff. I think one way you should reconsider your statement is to invert it: how will a company behave different if they can only make investments in their employees that pay off in one year? Two years? Ten years? Japanese companies (still) train people knowing that they can afford to take a loss on them for the first couple years, and recoup it later.