On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:33:34 -0800, Scott Skylane
wrote in :

Larry Dighera wrote:



Well, if the payroll costs of 300 employees averaged $25/each,
Columbia will have saved $7,500 for a five-day layoff. I'm not sure
about the costs of laying them off and bringing them back to work, are
you?


The reduction in employee morale will cost far more than $7500 in lost
future productivity.


Perhaps.

Or productivity might be increased by only calling back the productive
employees. Then, while moral may not be increased, an employee's will
to remain employed may spur her to increased production. Who knows?