re: #131 NomadicView

Here’s an amusing quote, poo-pooing the idea that Ford gave a hoot about his workers, courtesy of Heritage.org

Nay, I say. Heritage refuses to let any suggestion of respect for labor getting in the way of good business practice.

Well, it’s actually got a point. Ford instituted the $5/day pay rate at a time when a department that composed of 100 workers was hiring 300 workers in a year. Paying the best rates not only attracts good workers, it serves as incentive for them to stay on and for their managers to treat them as investments instead of as replaceable.