We have been in business for about 10 years. For us, yes it would be a huge burden. My thinking was for companies with 50+ employees.
I retired out of the electronics industry after 30 years. I was in management, with a very large firm, and ran a lean ship. I know I could have hired an additional employee if that type of program was put in place. I already had 30+ employees in my department. And yes, I could have found something for the person to do, very easily.
I agree with you concerning DC but I’m thinking out of the box right now and I believe we all have to do that to turn this country around. I guess that was a part of my profession. I always looked at better ways of doing things. We were an electro/mechanical design department. Just part of our nature.
A tightly run, profitable business has every employee working at maximum productivity. When demand exceeds the capacity of that number of employees, the employer has the opportunity to then hire additional employees, if they wish to expand and make the bottom line higher still. If they do not, then they still remain at full output.
If you can find work for another employee, and your present staff is not at 100%, you need to perhaps replace some of your employees, and hire one that hopefully will get the job done.
I ask once again, where does the money come from to hire additional employees when increased demand for product is non existant?