"NOYB" wrote in message
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"jps" wrote in message
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"JohnH" wrote in message
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Productivity is a rate, usually represented as a fraction, e.g. 37
widgets/one
hour. Productivity is not measured by reductions or increases in
hourly
pay.

What about database entry? Is that a widget too? Is productivity based
only upon manufacturing?

Productivity is measured as Gross Domestic Product adjusted for inflation
divided by the total number of hours worked.

If an hourly worker is working more than 40 hours in a week, then those
additional hours are being reported...and they would *decrease*
productivity
if GDP stayed the same. However, productivity is *increasing*...so your
theory is flat-out wrong.

My engineering group consists of salaried exempt employees who don't report
actual hours worked. As reductions in workforce occur the remaining members
pick up the slack by working more hours. These extra hours are not
accounted for. jps is correct for this rather common circumstance.

-rick-

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"NOYB" wrote in message
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"jps" wrote in message
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"JohnH" wrote in message
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Productivity is a rate, usually represented as a fraction, e.g. 37
widgets/one
hour. Productivity is not measured by reductions or increases in
hourly
pay.

What about database entry? Is that a widget too? Is productivity
based
only upon manufacturing?

Productivity is measured as Gross Domestic Product adjusted for
inflation
divided by the total number of hours worked.

If an hourly worker is working more than 40 hours in a week, then those
additional hours are being reported...and they would *decrease*
productivity
if GDP stayed the same. However, productivity is *increasing*...so your
theory is flat-out wrong.

My engineering group consists of salaried exempt employees who don't
report
actual hours worked.

The key word is "salaried"...

"NOYB" wrote in message
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"-rick-" wrote in message

My engineering group consists of salaried exempt employees who don't
report
actual hours worked.

The key word is "salaried"...


Well then the figures aren't very reliable, are they?

Nice hole you just dug yourself.

are you upset because your boss asked you to work 45 hours last week?


"jps" wrote in message
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"NOYB" wrote in message
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"-rick-" wrote in message

My engineering group consists of salaried exempt employees who don't
report
actual hours worked.

The key word is "salaried"...


Well then the figures aren't very reliable, are they?

Nice hole you just dug yourself.

I am the boss. I work more than 45 hours a week. If my employees work more
than 40 hours a week, it's at will, not suggested or demanded. Sometimes we
have to pull together as a team and do extraordinary work. They're normally
compensated with comp time.

I don't do that for myself, but I do it for them -- because that's what's
fair.

"Bill Cole" wrote in message
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are you upset because your boss asked you to work 45 hours last week?

It sure is nice to see that you are one of the good guys. I guess it must
be terrible to see everyone else is unfair. Since everyone else is fighting
against "the man" they don't deserve to be treated as a team, and their
employers should be treated like the enemy. If you are a slave and are
working for the enemy, they only thing they should give "the man" is the
bare minimum work.

It must be nice to the only fair person in a world of evil *******s.

"jps" wrote in message
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I am the boss. I work more than 45 hours a week. If my employees work
more
than 40 hours a week, it's at will, not suggested or demanded. Sometimes
we
have to pull together as a team and do extraordinary work. They're
normally
compensated with comp time.

I don't do that for myself, but I do it for them -- because that's what's
fair.

"Bill Cole" wrote in message
news:hqa7b.396477$o%2.177762@sccrnsc02...
are you upset because your boss asked you to work 45 hours last week?

Bzzzt. Another vapid spew and a weak troll to boot. Doing a little
projecting Bill?


"Bill Cole" wrote in message
news:aij7b.296813$Oz4.87983@rwcrnsc54...
It sure is nice to see that you are one of the good guys. I guess it must
be terrible to see everyone else is unfair. Since everyone else is
fighting
against "the man" they don't deserve to be treated as a team, and their
employers should be treated like the enemy. If you are a slave and are
working for the enemy, they only thing they should give "the man" is the
bare minimum work.

It must be nice to the only fair person in a world of evil *******s.

"jps" wrote in message
...
I am the boss. I work more than 45 hours a week. If my employees work
more
than 40 hours a week, it's at will, not suggested or demanded.
Sometimes
we
have to pull together as a team and do extraordinary work. They're
normally
compensated with comp time.

I don't do that for myself, but I do it for them -- because that's
what's
fair.

"Bill Cole" wrote in message
news:hqa7b.396477$o%2.177762@sccrnsc02...
are you upset because your boss asked you to work 45 hours last week?