News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Amazon is piloting teams with a 30-hour workweek. Parent comment

Re:Amazon is piloting teams with a 30-hour workweek by dap on Saturday August 27, 2016 @01:25AM (#12371138)
At least in microeconomics 101, companies hire as long as the marginal revenue equals the marginal cost of the employee. If the marginal revenue per engineer is high, companies will try to keep hiring them. The demand for engineers goes up, and so does compensation.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Amazon is piloting teams with a 30-hour workweek by sokoloff on Saturday August 27, 2016 @08:24AM (#12372049)
In microeconomics, the firm would use marginal gross profit not marginal revenue [sales].

Think of Amazon, Walmart, or any firm with significant COGS [cost of goods sold]. It's clear that they can't hire employees inline with marginal revenue.

[ Parent | on HN ]