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Originally Posted by PennBF
Last night at the POA meeting Janet Tutt spoke and there was one point
she made which was extraordinary and should act as a goal for all communities.
She pointed out that there are 411 municipalities in Florida and The Villages
would rank 28th if it were a muncipality. That is interesting BUT the real
point that was striking is there are only 192 full time employees. After build out The Villages would rank #14th.
Say what you want but that is a pretty efficient run organization and she
is to be ongradulated for providing the services while optimizing costs.
 As we say in NY.."you go girl"..!! |
Good point - but not so fast. If somethings sounds a bit to good to be true, it needs closer examination.
I should own up that I build business cases for a living. To do that I have to examine costs and revenue streams and predict how making a fundamental business change will effect them.
So.... many companies say they have cut heads, when in fact they have just subbed that out. this could be by hiring temps or in outsourcing the entire process. Other folks count "heads" differently. For example, if they have 3 people each working 13 hours a week, they will sometimes count that as 1 "head" - as opposed to 1 FTE and 3 heads.
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