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Re:America needs carpenters and plumbers. Try telling that t... by AngryData on Thursday January 05, 2023 @10:03PM (#34270428)
Yeah because you are paying for more than just their work on site. You are paying their commute, their time taking calls and finding bids, the maintenance on their vehicles, extra gas because they aren't transporting ladders in a focus, the maintenance and replacement of tools, their insurance, savings for market downturns, etc.
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Re:America needs carpenters and plumbers. Try telling that t... by Gigachad on Thursday January 05, 2023 @11:59PM (#34271156)
I like to imagine the costs for software changes. “Wow, the company just paid me $x00 to rearrange some fields on a form”
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