"Scott Skylane" wrote in message
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Larry Dighera wrote:



Well, if the payroll costs of 300 employees averaged $25/each,
Columbia will have saved $7,500 for a five-day layoff. I'm not sure
about the costs of laying them off and bringing them back to work, are
you?


The reduction in employee morale will cost far more than $7500 in lost
future productivity.

Like people in the aerospace industry aren't used to these things?