We are all overpaid...
Day 2,800, 19:02
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by Ilene Dover
I was crunching some numbers in my head last night - and yes, I know nobody has ever started a good story this way. The wages people are offering for a job here in eAustralia are eye-wateringly ridiculous. If you haven't had a look lately, this is the current job market:
On the assumption every employee is working in a Q7 weapons factory it's easy to run some basic calculations.
No weapons bonuses, means 10 weapons produced. Current eAustralian prices are high, at around 7.50 CC per weapon. 75 CC revenue (before you take off VAT).
2000 RM at a cost of, say, 0.02 CC each (that's generous, market prices are always 0.03 CC). 40 CC cost.
Salary of 60 CC, with work tax paid by the employee.
Let that sink in for a bit...
They could, of course, be working in a Q7 food factory since we have reasonable food bonuses. That would be logical, right?
160 Q7 food fetches about 0.75 CC per item. 120 CC revenue (before VAT)
3200 RM at a cost of 0.02 CC each (that's a reasonable and consistent price point). 64 CC cost.
Salary of 60 CC, with work tax paid by the employee.
Nope, still doesn't add up...
Am I completely missing the point here? I'm fairly sure nobody is making Q7 food for sale (since the cheapest offer is mine and has been for over a month), and that's about the break-even point. Does that mean these guys are effectively paying 10 CC per weapon to self-produce?! There's no way that can be sold for a profit, and for the same investment of 100 CC you can readily buy 13 weapons off the open market at our current high prices (more when it drops to a normal level).
Why should you care?
If you use the work-as-manager function, the work tax you pay per company is related to the average national salary. The more clowns there are paying loss-making salaries and jacking up the average, the higher your work tax paid.
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Have you done the maths where maybe someone has a crap load of WRM factories they work in as Manager/worker, which produce WRM's for their factories.
Or the maths that some Q7 weapon factories are used for sale off the market, both providing weapons to the ADF at below market rate and to others so they can help fight for Australia when needed?
Nope. How can I do that?! It's all about individual circumstances.
Sure, if you've got 8 rubber plantations for every employee, the production numbers mostly stack up. Except for the fact you've spent 280 gold per employee to secure yourself 10 Q7s a day. Value for money much (and I haven't touched the cost of a Q7 factory)?
Selling off-market at a discount to anyone is only magnifying the losses (and depriving the country of VAT). There's no benefit at all to the owner, which is the only perspective I'm taking. Communes are completely different, both in terms of goals and in terms of expectations.
On further reflection I don't think you understand what I was saying, with respect to production for a government MU or for discount sale to others.
If you (used figuratively, not literally) took the 100 CC it cost in wages and RM to produce 10 weapons for the ADF, you could instead buy 13 on the open market at the current high prices. That's better for the ADF (more guns) and better do our farmers (lower work tax bill)
Who is the current crazy arrangement benefiting??
i suppose if the employees are eAus citizens then overall that is a good thing, increase the wealth of eAus citizens through employment = increase the power of eAus.. a profit/loss of a few individuals (obviously the eAus upper class whom can afford such ebb and flows) is a sacrifice no more or less than donating. Overall, it is good for eAus! GO eAus! GO SON!! GO GO GO... *fades into the background waving the eAus flag*
The wheels of eAus production must turn..
People have been producing in eRep with huge losses for a loooong time, or if not with losses, with no maximization of the profits.
Good data anyway 😛
I understand not maximising the profits, and I understand the motivation to give back or donate to the country. Or at least those newer/poorer.
What I don't understand is doing in in an ineffective way. If I decided to employ 5 people at a loss of 100 CC/day (to me), I'd far rather give each of those citizens goods directly. That way it isn't distorting the economy for everyone else.
Another way to see what they are doing is: They are just saving the "jobs" to use it in the future, with more bonuses, higher prices, in another country or whatever.
If they don't pay a good salary, they won't get the employees, as with the current job market you can work easily in any country you want. Australia used to have a low WT (I think you've increased it now), so for the worker it's a good deal, and the businessman will only save the jobs and use it in the future, if you are not gonna use it now, you just don't care about the bonuses and current prices, and if you don't pay a high salary, people will work in Serbia, Rumania, Poland...
This ^
I have 1k stored up 🙂
That sort of explains the behaviour. Not entirely good that you're planning on sodding off just for production purposes though.
Employer work shifts carry across days? I thought they just sat around to day change??
No, you can save the "working power" as many time as you want.
I had 3500 unused workers before I was summoned home, then I used them in a 100% bonus country before I came back 😉
This is one element of the game that I can feel good about. In real life, we are all underpaid.
Yeah... And we are all better than average drivers too. 😕
How to fix: ☭COMMUNISM☭
i wish it worked in eRepublik
They tried that.... And we got dicktakership....
yeah. :/ sucks.
Ironic statement of the day...
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14/15
http://www.erepublik.com/en/country/economy/Poland
Yeah... He told me he was winding up companies because he couldn't make any money. Good to know people can be douchebags online and in RL.
My opinion hasn't changed - and I work for one of the people on the list in the article at an outrageous salary. I question the wisdom of people giving out crazy salaries for no benefit. Don't question my mercenary nature for taking whatever coin is on offer.
That may be so but at least us workers don't expect to get a tip. Isn't that convenient for the consumer? They don't need to figure out how much 15% of the bill is. Or is it 20% now? Or is it that you tip whatever you felt the service was worth. The way we have it now is much easier.
Dont just lean over for any employer! get your eAus job today! vote for Max