[ninenot]

It occurs to me that NMH is some sort of accountant. They are the only profession I am aware of which thinks that human beings are ciphers on a spreadsheet--replaceable willy-nilly, and whose craftsmanship is utterly transferable from one business to another.

Most likely NMH would be a little uncomfortable, however, were we to suggest that the former tool-maker for Tupperware plastics has recently become the surgeon who will do NMH's brain-transplant.

See--some skills are just not so easily transferrable...especially when it comes to NMH's own personal concerns.

[Erik Latranyi]

Ninenot:

I hate to tell you, but workers are replaceable willy-nilly.

I dare you to show me an employee that cannot be replaced with someone else!

I hate to tell you, but in business, labor is just a component like machinery, raw materials, etc.

Labor is transferable quite easily. Our country used to be 99% agrarian. Today, we are 1% agrarian. Sounds like a lot of people changed jobs.

The reality is that there are very few occupations (maybe gov't) where you can have employment for life at the same job.

The economy is too rapidly transforming and the current globalization of manufacturing is only causing this to happen more rapidly.