[Alberta's Child]

That's simply not true.

My company is perfectly willing to pay very high salaries to fill these positions.

The problem is that it raises the cost of doing business, and in the case of the "Group A" employees I described, these people are being let go because several of our biggest clients are canceling projects due to high costs.

Maybe you can tell all of us here on FreeRepublic how many employees you have hired at "market wages."

For that matter, why don't you tell us how many people you've hired for ANY wages at all.

[central_va]

The problem is that it raises the cost of doing business, and in the case of the "Group A"

Ok then the product you produce is under priced or does not really fill the need of your costumer. It has nothing to do with wages. Does McDonalds throw in the towel and go out of business when ground beef prices go up 50%?

A technology company sells applied human intelligence. If technology labor goes up in price then that should cause inflation. Either that or go out of business and let you competitor have all the market share. Somehow labor is always treated differently. I smell incompetence.....

[central_va]

Maybe you can tell all of us here on FreeRepublic how many employees you have hired at "market wages."

I ran a data center for a mid sized corporation for 5 years. I stared it from scratch. I hired and paid well and I made it clear that I expected results. If they underperformed they were terminated. At the wages I paid there was no shortage of candidates. Good candidates. I hired an H-1B form Pakistan once . It was disaster. Corporate made me do it and didn't want to.

You have to be willing to fire a person that is something most do not want to do.