From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Craig Franck Subject: Re: Your english sucks, mine is better. Date: 1997/11/28 Message-ID: <65lbe1$ond@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 293295996 References: <34557f2b.1934172@news.mindspring.com> <347C92F0.152B@mWilden.com> <65k6jg$e6b$2@NNTP.MsState.Edu> <347DEBB2.5B6A@mWilden.com> Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++ Date: 1997-11-28T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Mark Wilden wrote: >Billy Chambless wrote: >> >> The goals don't have to be all that opposed. Enlightened managers realise >> that happy, fulfilled employees are much more productive. Enlightened >> employees realise that success for the company *can* mean success for >> them. (of course, the more enlightened management is, the more "success >> for the company" equates to "success for the employee".) > >There has to be a balance between employee wages and owner profits. To >at least some degree, if you increase one you must decrease the other. >Both want slices from the same pie. But it's not necessarily a zero-sum game. Profit margins can rise fast enough to satisfy owner's desire for profits and, at the same time, allow them to share the wealth with the employees. This is especially true when people are compensated with stock that later goes through the roof. It is also true with bonus plans tied to windfall profits. Some very talent intensive organizations consider the signing and keeping of key people almost as an investment in infrastructure. -- Craig clfranck@worldnet.att.net Manchester, NH I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once. -- Ashleigh Brilliant