Why So Many Jobs — Incentives
When the market wants something with this
economic system, hire someone to do it. There is no worry about money and how
much a new worker, a new project, a new program, or a new process will cost.
The problem will eventually come to
actually find someone to hire.
Hire program managers to create programs.
The program managers hire project managers to create projects according to the
scope of the program. Project managers hire executive staff for logistics,
human resources, and all other executive administrative functions. The
administrators hire the lower echelon workers.
Need more nurses? Hire and train some. Need
more engineers? Hire and train some. Need more low-skilled workers? Hire some.
Need more workers of any skill level, trade, or profession? Hire and train
some.
Another way to look at it:
As describe by ‘First Month’ on
my site, I expect people are greedy and will completely bare the store shelves.
Stores will send huge orders for products.
Now, I admit a weakness and let’s be cynical (and a little absurd sarcasm).
Sales departments don’t care about
large volume of sales orders because without profit there’s ‘no
reason or incentive’, cynically, to increase production and hire, expand,
etc., none.
But then, I’m a manager of a
government program and receive tripling increases in work. Why create new
government jobs with no profit incentive? My pay won’t increase if I hire
someone to do this work nor do I care about it’s
completion. My pay won’t increase if I personally do this work, either.
I’ve no incentive to care whether this work is completed.
Or
I’m a production manager and see
these orders. I don’t care because I don’t own the company and
without profit there’s ‘no reason or incentive’, cynically,
to increase production and hire, expand, etc., none. My pay won’t
increase if I hire someone to do this work nor do I care about it’s completion. My pay won’t increase if I
personally do this work, either. I’ve no incentive to care whether this
work is completed.
Incentive? I don’t pay for water in my apartment. So, I
don’t care if I EVER shut off water flow in my bath tub or sinks! I
don’t care! I don’t pay for it!
Really? (Absurd, cynical sarcasm, here)
The operation of a business, in the
‘system’ and really, in the present money-rationing market system,
is to provide for the customer. Orders increase demand, commands expansion,
decrease commands idling or liquidation of unused resources. Intraprenuers and entrepreneurs see niches and exploit
them. The gift and promise of this system is that if a venture fails, the
entrepreneurs aren’t financially ruined. The cost,
is a ‘nick’ in the aggregate economy; everyone pays an opportunity
cost. Then capital is acquired by others and used.
In summary, businesses operate to meet
customers’ wants. Also, ‘socialist’ programs are created and
expanded to provide services for people - serve the ‘customers’.
In the ‘system’, it makes no
difference whether it’s government, NGO, or entrepreneurial. I prefer it
to be entrepreneurial - less bureaucracy.
Some of you are entrepreneurs, including
myself. Why do you do it? Is it because of greed to make billions in 10 years
and sell it all off and never work again? Are you working 20 hours a day so you
can loaf? I don’t think so. I’m an entrepreneur because I LOVE WHAT
I DO! I also want to live a little better - make a living. The money alone
isn’t enough and isn’t for me. What about you?