[Info-vax] last "Rendez-vous around VMS" (october 17th) reports and documents
Arne Vajhøj
arne at vajhoej.dk
Tue Jan 2 08:37:34 EST 2024
On 1/2/2024 8:18 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2023-12-22, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>> On 12/22/2023 8:23 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>> I didn't realise you are a manager Arne. :-)
>>
>> Not my fault.
>>
>>> You are confusing the price for something with the cost of that something. :-)
>>
>> Unless it is an asset where the accounted cost is the depreciation then
>> the price paid is the accounted cost.
>>
>
> $ set response/mode=good_natured
>
> Congratulations Arne, you are clearly an excellent manager.
>
> However, people who live back in the real world understand that the cost
> to an organisation of an employee employed purely on price can be a lot
> more expensive to that organisation in terms of the damage they cause than
> a more expensive employee who actually knows what they are doing. :-)
More terminology than substance.
I would label that aspect as: low price not necessarily being cost
efficient or not necessarily being best value for money.
Regarding knowing what one are doing, then as I explained
in some of what you did not quote, it is not obvious
to me what unique skills they can find there.
Arne
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