I just love it when my manager is completely shocked that the new hire - fresh out of school, no experience, and happy to work for peanuts - can’t quite replace the seasoned coworker they laid off. Who could have seen that coming? Cheap labor slowing things down? What a mystery.
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Something doesn't add up with your story.
No CEP layoffs yet, so if your colleague was let go recently, it would have been for negligence, poor performance or ethical reasons.
At the end of the day the COP pay scale is so much over market average that said ‘fresh out’ girl working for relative COP peanuts is even being compensated more than the seasoned employees on that captive ship of a company COP just took over.
Should it also come as no surprise to the board that they got what they paid for?
That is true of outsourcing things. You get contractors labor at a cheaper rate to rate basis, but it takes an anchor in the company to help that contractor get things done as the anchor knows our system, processes, and people. This was seen during hypercare, outsourced support that was meaningless without the context of our business.
CEP can save on labor by outsourcing, but that savings will be a temporary figure and won't tell the true story thus exasperating the bo-m and bust cycle when more outsourced labor will have to be thrown at the problem at hand. Pick your poison, higher upfront labor cost or lower upfront labor with runway to higher and higher consultant costs.
Who?
Smart Growth, Superior Returns, SPIRIT Values…LOL!!!