Cost of Hiring Employees
The cluster discusses the full financial costs of employing people beyond just salaries, including benefits, taxes, training, bureaucracy, overhead, and opportunity costs, explaining why companies hesitate to hire more staff.
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Hiring more employees costs money.
It costs more to employ someone than what they're actually paid.
if you can't afford the bureaucracy of employees, then maybe you shouldn't be hiring.
Because that would mean they'd have to hire, train, and pay more employees.
Because it's cheaper to have fewer employees.
It's an opportunity cost. Since they can't have infinite employees, their current employees are better allocated to other things.
Perhaps looking for cheap(er) employees.
Don't overlook the fact that the cost of employing someone is more than the sum of their salary?
You mean spend engineering resources to help employees? That's not profitable! /s
Companies nowadays tend to fire people who cost them too much money. So expect supporting this monster for pennies.