THE QUESTION
Why does a steady life take more than it used to?
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We would take the risk on a person if the risk were shared
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CLUSTER 1
The things that used to be bought once are now rented forever
12 votesdiscuss
What used to be a job is now a series of contracts
6 votesdiscuss
CLUSTER 2
Compliance costs the same for nine employees as for nine hundred
0 votesdiscuss
A large competitor can absorb a regulation that would close us
Narrower than it reads — the wider claim is someone else's card.
6 votesdiscussing (1)
NOT CLUSTERED
Assets rose faster than wages for four decades
12 votesdiscuss
Every cost that rose was passed to us and could not be passed on
Narrower than it reads — the wider claim is someone else's card.
3 votesdiscussing (1)
Every new rule consolidates the market a little more
Not an accusation: an institution can do this with everyone acting in good faith.
4 votesdiscuss
The rules make dismissal costly, so we do not hire in the first place
1 votesdiscuss
Automation is subsidised through the tax code and hiring is not
Meaning the general pattern, not one case.
0 votesdiscuss
Employers' taxes are charged on the person, so people are the thing to cut
Narrower than it reads — the wider claim is someone else's card.
3 votesdiscuss
The apprenticeship system is designed for firms with an HR department
1 votesdiscuss
The chain that replaced the shop pays less and takes the money out of town
1 votesdiscuss
We would take the risk on a person if the risk were shared
0 votesin focus ↑ · close ✕
We would pay more if the work carried the price
Meaning the general pattern, not one case.
14 votes
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discussEnergy, rent and insurance tripled and the invoice did not
3 votesdiscuss
One large buyer sets our margin and our payment terms
0 votesdiscuss
We are the ones who see it and nobody asks us anything
1 votesdiscuss
So nobody trains and everyone complains about skills
11 votesdiscuss
Hiring someone permanently now feels like signing a mortgage
14 votesdiscuss
Cash flow, not profit, decides whether anyone is hired
14 votesdiscuss
Nobody in a ministry has ever met a payroll
1 votesdiscuss
We are paid in ninety days and pay wages in thirty
I mean this as an observation; I would want it tested.
1 votesdiscuss
Profit leaves the town on the day it is made
Meaning the general pattern, not one case.
1 votesdiscuss
So we use contracts and agencies and everyone loses
To be precise: this is about the mechanism, not anyone's motives.
3 votesdiscuss
The customer chooses on price and always has
0 votesdiscuss
A single wage no longer supports a household
15 votesdiscuss
Consolidation removes the employer competition that raised wages
6 votesdiscuss
The policies are written for a company with a government affairs team
2 votesdiscuss
We train people and a larger firm hires them at more
Not an accusation: an institution can do this with everyone acting in good faith.
0 votesdiscuss
A machine is a capital allowance and a worker is a liability
I mean this as an observation; I would want it tested.
3 votesdiscuss
Business representation is dominated by firms unlike ours
1 votesdiscuss
Agencies take a margin for work we used to do ourselves
I mean this as an observation; I would want it tested.
1 votesdiscuss