A minimum wage employee probably has the highest percentage overhead, as a number of costs are built in. [Every employee costs so many cents to process checks for, etc.]
I guess I'm fortunate. "Cleaning crew theft" has never been a problem in my world. I'm sure a few things have vanished over the years, but I suspect plenty of (real) employee theft has been blamed on the cleaning crews over the years.
Google has, roughly 20BN in cash reserves. That's almost enough to buy the majority stake in Halliburton, and certainly enough to buy Academi (nee Blackwater).
Google can buy an army any time they want one.
...but I suppose starting with a few security guards couldn't hurt.
And by the same token, it's not uncommon for guards to be outsourced, especially since it's the sort of job that you might only need one guy for, and he can't ever call in sick. If you outsource the position, he comes from a larger pool.
Further, guards come with liability issues. You might not be well suited for managing them, arming them, training them -- especially if you're going to have one or two of them, at most.
Security guards, cleaning companies, the people who water your plants......all make sense for outsourcing if you're not huge.
Google is probably big enough to bring them all inside -- if they're not too stingy with the benefits.
Now, all they've got to do is hire all of their bus drivers -- or at least pay their employers to end split shifts for them.
Sort of. Quick Googling suggests that 1:3 miles school buses drive are to events - taking kids on field trips, taking football teams cross-town to games, etc.
You'd need one set of buses to do the morning pickups and afternoon drop-offs, and another set of buses to take kids cross-town on a Friday night for a football game or to the next town over for the band regional.
OTOH, charging the Google Buses that don't pay the drivers mid-day (split shifts: LOL) would be dandy.
On the contrary. They were there well before the bandwagon. Dial-a-Song went online in 1985, and you could "download" DRM-free songs from it directly to your cassette systems with only minimal equipment in a "minimally lossy" format.
The two major factors for electric usefulness are the distance you can go on a charge, and the time it takes to recharge.
You could cut out the middleman on this vehicle's charging turbine by removing the electrical system altogether and running it on gas, or diesel or propane.
I'm a Leaf owner (and soon to be a Fusion Energi owner), but the duration driving necessary by a fleet of garbage trucks isn't there unless you have a bunch of "tender" vehicles running them fresh batteries all day long.
Aside: I believe all curbside trash pickup is a conspiracy to generate HOA fines.
Mind you, these are extremely well funded and talented people who "know how to get it done right".
If they're well funded, they're obviously not talented enough.
It's certainly a challenge to provide coverage at these events, but it's a solved problem. Football stadiums get it right. Nearly every big Vegas tech convention I've been to recently gets it right. They've got talent, money and time. What's the problem with SCinit?
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A minimum wage employee probably has the highest percentage overhead, as a number of costs are built in. [Every employee costs so many cents to process checks for, etc.]
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http://youtu.be/YsSCBxzlDbU
I'm not sure what that has to do with my post.
The grandparent said now they cost less: minimum wage rather than the above-minimum contract rate.
I simply said that a minimum wage employee costs a lot more than his wage - perhaps more than the contract rate.
I'm personally on contract for 33% above my actual wage. To employ me at my actual wage would likely cost just as much, if not more.
I guess I'm fortunate. "Cleaning crew theft" has never been a problem in my world. I'm sure a few things have vanished over the years, but I suspect plenty of (real) employee theft has been blamed on the cleaning crews over the years.
That's what your rented security is for -- to follow the cleaners from secure area to secure area.
In large industries that I've worked, the cleaning staff has been internal, but it's been external in every "office" job I've ever had.
Thank goodness I'm hiding in the server room - the guards aren't allowed in here.
Pick your poison.
Google has, roughly 20BN in cash reserves. That's almost enough to buy the majority stake in Halliburton, and certainly enough to buy Academi (nee Blackwater).
Google can buy an army any time they want one.
And that $17/hr is probably still less than it costs in full-time Google benefits -- even just the on-campus ones.
Employees cost a lot more than their hourly wage.
And by the same token, it's not uncommon for guards to be outsourced, especially since it's the sort of job that you might only need one guy for, and he can't ever call in sick. If you outsource the position, he comes from a larger pool.
Further, guards come with liability issues. You might not be well suited for managing them, arming them, training them -- especially if you're going to have one or two of them, at most.
Security guards, cleaning companies, the people who water your plants... ...all make sense for outsourcing if you're not huge.
Google is probably big enough to bring them all inside -- if they're not too stingy with the benefits.
Now, all they've got to do is hire all of their bus drivers -- or at least pay their employers to end split shifts for them.
Regenerative brakes are never net plus. Simply driving better is more efficient, if traffic lets you.
Sort of. Quick Googling suggests that 1:3 miles school buses drive are to events - taking kids on field trips, taking football teams cross-town to games, etc.
You'd need one set of buses to do the morning pickups and afternoon drop-offs, and another set of buses to take kids cross-town on a Friday night for a football game or to the next town over for the band regional.
OTOH, charging the Google Buses that don't pay the drivers mid-day (split shifts: LOL) would be dandy.
Well, that's just like your opinion, man.
Ana Ng, Birdhouse, and Istanbul (not Constantinople) are pretty much classics of, well, whatever genre they are.
On the contrary. They were there well before the bandwagon. Dial-a-Song went online in 1985, and you could "download" DRM-free songs from it directly to your cassette systems with only minimal equipment in a "minimally lossy" format.
The two major factors for electric usefulness are the distance you can go on a charge, and the time it takes to recharge.
You could cut out the middleman on this vehicle's charging turbine by removing the electrical system altogether and running it on gas, or diesel or propane.
I'm a Leaf owner (and soon to be a Fusion Energi owner), but the duration driving necessary by a fleet of garbage trucks isn't there unless you have a bunch of "tender" vehicles running them fresh batteries all day long.
Aside: I believe all curbside trash pickup is a conspiracy to generate HOA fines.
Once you kill the competition, sure. Then you can make everything available as .mp3 and show how awesomely open you are.
They had a great product, but don't think for a second they didn't also use every weapon at their disposal to stop their competitors.
He's probably still just mad about being forced a copy of a U2 album.
Dead people neither smell well, nor do they smell good.
Are you both happy now?
Yup. Close but no cigar yet. Cool graph at Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P...
What bad stuff happened?
The solution to pollution is dilution.
'murica!
Good luck carrying those in past the union staff at most places. :(
In some of our trips, we couldn't move anything over 20# without union assistance.
Mind you, these are extremely well funded and talented people who "know how to get it done right".
If they're well funded, they're obviously not talented enough.
It's certainly a challenge to provide coverage at these events, but it's a solved problem. Football stadiums get it right. Nearly every big Vegas tech convention I've been to recently gets it right. They've got talent, money and time. What's the problem with SCinit?
Putting people into a medically induced coma (or some sort of other suspension) isn't the trick. It's waking them up.
More or less risky than putting a team of men and/or women in a tin can and blasting them toward Mars?
No matter what, they're going to end up at least 6,778km from the nearest hospital. :)
I hadn't realized this was an option in Now. Thanks for the tip.
http://www.cnet.com/how-to/qui...