"W P Dixon" wrote in message

you are correct they do in deed figure in their facility maint. etc into
what they charge for your time. But that is not a cost of you..it is a
cost
of a place to have their airplanes. They could care aless if you stand
outside all day in a blizzard...they probably don't like for some of their
planes doing it all the time though And again...production is not
maintinance. The buildings are there to house tooling, warehouse parts and
such....not for the workers benefit.

Most business figure on billing out at least double on what the average
hourly wage is, for their workforce. There has to be supervisors, quality
control personnel, so that right away, drives up the average.

In construction, I didn't have to worry much about overhead, since most of
the work is done outside. Still, there is workers comp, health insurance,
(a big, big expense) social security contributions, vacation pay, and of
course there will always be some down time, while you are paying, but for
some reason, productivity is not "happening", plus profit on the worker's
wages. Business always figures making money on each employee, and the more
employees, the more profit.

You don't have to agree with how this all sorts out, but it is fact.
Whether it is 35 dollars, or 45 dollars per hour, is not a big deal, since
this is all ballpark figuring, anyway.

So, anyway, you have to figure more than the 10 or 15 bucks you are paying
Joe. It is the laws of business.

It all adds up in a big hurry.
--
Jim in NC