My impression is that companies flog their employe...

2007-05-27T15:19:00.000-07:00

My impression is that companies flog their employees because of an ever-increasing "need" to boost productivity. In public companies, this results in a requirement to always exceed the previous quarter's earnings.

I suppose if you keep your company private, you don't have that problem; as the CEO you get to decide how much work you want to wring from your employees in order to line your pockets. No shareholders to worry about, the buck stops with you.

However, you will have the problem that you're competing with other companies that may be able to undercut you by squeezing their employees, using offshored labor, or whatever. Suppose Coca-Cola produces the Spif Bar, a bar similar to Clif but half the cost, grabbing Clif's market share. Clif may go out of business if they don't drive down their costs. The employees can say bye-bye to their vacation days.

Does the book explain how Clif was able to avoid this? They just have a big moat, like Harley?

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My impression is that companies flog their employe...