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Most companies hire to increase their profits. What companies are doing, when orders increase they make the employees work overtime, mandatory overtime. When they decrease, they lay them off til the orders come back. The companies are sitting sweet. And in most markets, that is exactly what is happening, one month of better than projected orders and another one that falls short. So would you spend money on capitol equipment in this economy? Buying new equipment or adding to existing equipment is the only way to increase output. Companies have to spend money to make more money. Until Congress gives the companies major tax breaks, we will be in this predicament for a while.
I think you 'get it' too. Long term investment in new employees depends on confidence that the economy is expanding. Lack of confidence means "we do with what we have" and people work overtime.
Obama has no clue. Or does he? Is this what he wants?
I think you 'get it' too. Long term investment in new employees depends on confidence that the economy is expanding. Lack of confidence means "we do with what we have" and people work overtime.
Obama has no clue. Or does he? Is this what he wants?
We still do not know what is in the health care bill.
The EPA now has new powers.
The cap and trade bill is still out there.
All true but I still think the biggest threat of all is card-check. Much potential expansion analysis now has to factor in a unionization assumption. That not only dampens expansion prospects, but also tends to change the way expansion occurs. Say Walmart has identified a favorable expansion site. Normally they prefer to make a long-term commitment to the site - buy the land, design and build the store with customized infrastructure such as electrical systems. With card-check, if they pursue the location at all, they are more likely to to take a short-term lease on an existing sub-optimal facility so they can just walk away if it goes union...
All true but I still think the biggest threat of all is card-check. Much potential expansion analysis now has to factor in a unionization assumption. That not only dampens expansion prospects, but also tends to change the way expansion occurs. Say Walmart has identified a favorable expansion site. Normally they prefer to make a long-term commitment to the site - buy the land, design and build the store with customized infrastructure such as electrical systems. With card-check, if they pursue the location at all, they are more likely to to take a short-term lease on an existing sub-optimal facility so they can just walk away if it goes union...
Oh, sure thing!!!!
I would like to know why in the health care bill, there is a part mandating me to 1099 any supplier over $600.
That would mean if I buy anything from you over $600, you would have to share your SS number with me.
All true but I still think the biggest threat of all is card-check. Much potential expansion analysis now has to factor in a unionization assumption. That not only dampens expansion prospects, but also tends to change the way expansion occurs. Say Walmart has identified a favorable expansion site. Normally they prefer to make a long-term commitment to the site - buy the land, design and build the store with customized infrastructure such as electrical systems. With card-check, if they pursue the location at all, they are more likely to to take a short-term lease on an existing sub-optimal facility so they can just walk away if it goes union...
Wal-Mart is an example of a company that should only employ mostly students or housewives working part-time...
I don't know if card-check Unions are mandatory... A place like Wal-Mart will pay minimum wage whenever possible... so why bother...
Wal-Mart is an example of a company that should only employ mostly students or housewives working part-time...
I don't know if card-check Unions are mandatory... A place like Wal-Mart will pay minimum wage whenever possible... so why bother...
Wal-Mart is an example of a company that should only employ mostly students or housewives working part-time...
I don't know if card-check Unions are mandatory... A place like Wal-Mart will pay minimum wage whenever possible... so why bother...
Walmart will continue to offer the finest employment opportunity available to over a million people at any point in time. That is why the employees show up for work.
Of course, the object of any union is to obtain compensation above what the work is worth--a sure recipe for job losses, higher prices, and lower economic activity.
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