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This captures one repeating idea I've had throughout my life. Where are the benefits of "specialisation" going? Every corporation I'm employed at, now has me d

This captures one repeating idea I've had throughout my life. Where are the benefits of "specialisation" going? Every corporation I'm employed at, now has me doing all the little jobs they used to employ someone specifically to do. Like book travel for instance. Now I need to be across so many different systems it's ridiculous. Last time I needed a locksmith (broken lock) it was far cheaper (cost 30%) AND faster(!) to simply order the parts and figure out the jigsaw puzzle myself in an hour. Most of the time I only have a qualified electrician do minor stuff around the house because legally I have to. For the harder things, I want the electrician though. And now for some reason it is cheaper for every house hold(!) to become it's own electricity farm than for a society wide specialist organisation to do things at scale? How are we failing so hard? Or is specialisation not really a good thing anymore?

PunchyHamster 2mo ago
It's very simple, the moment you add middle-man, the middle-man wants it due. And growing orgs often become less efficient. And when you add having investors or worse, being publicly traded, it turns from service to profit extraction. And they all need to pay tax too. By hiring electrician, you spend your money after tax to pay their tax, because apparently as society we decided company can put cost of existing into costs and deduct it from taxes, but a person can't.
- _carbyau_ 2mo ago
  > apparently as society we decided company can put cost of existing into costs and deduct it from taxes, but a person can't. I agree with you that this an issue. Experience wise, I have seen a few people run "one person businesses" as highly paid contractors, which pays for their "company car" etc. But it seems to be walking the line and I wouldn't want to see how a tax audit plays out.

PunchyHamster 2mo ago

It's very simple, the moment you add middle-man, the middle-man wants it due. And growing orgs often become less efficient. And when you add having investors or worse, being publicly traded, it turns from service to profit extraction. And they all need to pay tax too. By hiring electrician, you spend your money after tax to pay their tax, because apparently as society we decided company can put cost of existing into costs and deduct it from taxes, but a person can't.

_carbyau_ 2mo ago
> apparently as society we decided company can put cost of existing into costs and deduct it from taxes, but a person can't. I agree with you that this an issue. Experience wise, I have seen a few people run "one person businesses" as highly paid contractors, which pays for their "company car" etc. But it seems to be walking the line and I wouldn't want to see how a tax audit plays out.