"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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"NOYB" wrote in message
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Idle Hands
Detroit's Symbol of Dysfunction:
Paying Employees Not to Work
Cost Tops $1.4 Billion a Year

Among all their other nutty ideas, I wonder if GM thought it was a good
way to keep these people from moving away and going to work for Toyota,
etc.

They were trying to lock up their employee base to tap into when times
are good.

As a small business owner, I can only imagine the headaches involved for
a large company trying to staff the appropriate number of employees for
such a cyclical business.

On a much, much smaller scale, I face a similar dilemma. Naples is
becoming more and more a year-round residence, but for many it is still
very seasonal. I desperately need a second hygienist for October through
May...but then one hygienist is more than enough in the Summer months.

Do I hire the second hygienist and then put her in the "rubber room" from
June through September?

No. You assume that your favorite patients also have nice friends, and
figure out a way to incentivize them to bring those friends in. If it
works, you can keep the second hygienist year round.

My hygienist was booked out 4-6 weeks last summer. That was the first time
such a thing happened. Currently, I don't have a prophy appointment
available until July unless somebody cancels their already-scheduled
appointment.

But adding a second hygienist means building a second treatment room...and
adding another dental assistant.

And a man's headaches are directly proportional to: a) the number of
internal combustion engines he owns, and/or 2) the number of women in his
employ. ;-)