> -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 12:30 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Whos been walking to work past 2 days? > > > Matt wrote: > > Human labor is a commodity, > > Rarely, in my experience, is labor ever a commodity. In fact I've > never seen it. The easiest way to see this is to think of a sports > team. Are all linebackers equal? Nope. And even if they all had the > same skill, their personalities differentiate them.
This isn't really an applicable argument. A sports team (at least a good one) is pretty much by definition not commoditized because it's elitist to begin with: they only want the "best". When a need is high quality focused it's not a commodity. A need which is low-quality focused (meeting a certain minimum standard) is generally commiditizable (look at me ma, I'm extending the language!) Sports teams are ranked accordingly to quality: good quality is worth more than low quality. A commodity is not ranked, it simply has to meet the base quality requirements. So in a factory assembly foreman isn't a commodity: you want your best person there. There's a quality measure. But pallet stackers may be a commodity: any nose-picking mouth-breather can do the job as long as they meet a minimum standard. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:189058 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
