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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Sample Comments

firesteelrain May 31, 2024 View on HN

Hiring more employees costs money.

It costs more to employ someone than what they're actually paid.

l30n4da5 Jul 1, 2022 View on HN

if you can't afford the bureaucracy of employees, then maybe you shouldn't be hiring.

duskwuff Dec 15, 2022 View on HN

Because that would mean they'd have to hire, train, and pay more employees.

raydev Jul 18, 2021 View on HN

Because it's cheaper to have fewer employees.

DVassallo Jan 21, 2025 View on HN

It's an opportunity cost. Since they can't have infinite employees, their current employees are better allocated to other things.

emmelaich Oct 25, 2021 View on HN

Perhaps looking for cheap(er) employees.

dazc Oct 12, 2015 View on HN

Don't overlook the fact that the cost of employing someone is more than the sum of their salary?

inetknght Apr 22, 2017 View on HN

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.