[lbo-talk] Executives promise to do worse in the future...

[Jordan Hayes]

> Tom did not mention the obvious reason for overtime -- a
> way of getting around benefits.

Is that really economical?  At time-and-a-half?

I always thought overtime was the way to get around the fact that an 8
hour day doesn't divide very well into many tasks.  So rather than
hiring two people at 80 hours of pay to do ~50 hours of work (or even a
40 hr person and a 10hr person), it's cheaper to pay one person the
equivalent of about 55 hours.

/jordan