Personnel Issues

[castelino009]

Playing the EC, due to high fuel prices all here are struggling and companies  are pilling up losses and we keep getting emails from HR saying salaries too low, can we get bit more control on this???

I Guess the real world (current scenario) is the best example, companies firing people or multi tasking thus reducing no of employess, can we do that here?? when times are difficult, reduce costs.

My thoughts are shut up & keep ur job or else get fired, you want more find another job and not to expect salary hike when company is struggling.


Any thoughts /suggestions on this??

Regards
VJC

[Sigma]

You can do that in the game if you want.

The game just warns you that your people don't like it, it doesn't make you pay them more.

But just like real life, pay your employees less, or have layoffs, or have deep cuts, and your customer service will go to pot in a hurry.  Your planes will start running late more often, customers won't like you, and your corporate image will suffer.

[Talentz]

Im doing just fine in EC. Still making profits while flying the least fuel efficient aircraft fleet. Gave my employees a raise as well!



~ Firing your staff isn't so back breaking as most people make it out to be. As long as your company sits on solid ground, the effects are not that bad. Of course if you were having problems before fuel started to rise.. well .. no amount of personal control will help the core problem.

You have to look at the whole picture. From a third party view. Think "what can I do better, that I am not already doing?" Everyone complains about one thing or another... the thing is.. its a small piece to a much bigger puzzle. More personal control is not the savior of your company. Im 99% sure there are 3-4 other things you could be doing to better for a more efficient airline operation.

Find them. Look at every aspect of your company and figure out what is it you could be doing better. Then you'll start to realize that a 2% reduction in personal costs is a drop in the bucket compared to your overall airline operations.


Like they say, think out side of the box.



Talentz.

[castelino009]

Talentz

thanks for the reply, I know what you are trying to say my point is not just on EC its overall in the game. If you want to run a low cost airline then you cannot afford the costs as per instructed in game. payroll is one of the major chunk in any company espcially aviation where Pilots are paid in bucket loads  plus flying allowances etc etc.

My airline was running fine before the fuel crisis, still has amazing 80% load factor but profits are gone, i have aleady cut routes, not renewing leases, packing the schedules of other fleet type. I have Airbus A32X series/Fokker 100 fleet. I have also fired excess staff and that gave me 10 points drop on my company image, also cut down on marketing, nothing seems to work this time, i have played all games (almost) since beta2, so quite familiar with things but things are just not looking good.

reason I raised topic was not beacuse imy airline not doing well but how can a company afford to pay rises when its not doing good?? if you dont pay morale goes down which results in delays cancellations and decrease in CI, if you give pay rises, company will loose more money and eventually will have to bankrupt.

Hope your getting my point

VJC

[Talentz]

Your LF is kinda high considering were not that far from the pax drop of 9/11. Not to mention that half the competition has been wiped out and routes are not as congested as they were a year ago. When was the last time you adjusted your prices? Also.. how much do you normally discount? A 5% increase in sales makes a big difference to the bottom line.

Since the start of the game, I have raised my prices everytime my LF goes above 82%. -3% Y and -4% C. Don't have F class. This helps bring 3-4% increase in ticket sales for about a 5% reduction in LF. This keeps my profit stable as the game progress, bring in more revenue for the same amount of costs to move the same pax.


I am not saying you don't know what to do. I know your a beta player and part of a beta alliance (the one below mine.. of course ). I understand that the personal cost structure is unfriendly to several strategies. However, it's not something that will be changed soon. So instead of flagging a problem that is well known, look at other aspects of your operation and improve them further. As that's within your control to do. Re-writing the personal cost structure is not so much 

reason I raised topic was not because my airline is not doing well but how can a company afford to pay rises when its not doing good?? if you dont pay morale goes down which results in delays cancellations and decrease in CI, if you give pay rises, company will loose more money and eventually will have to bankrupt.

That's business. What employee wants to work with no raise in sight? Currently not I. For the good of the company only goes so far. At some point you start to wonder... what is Management doing to make the company better... 


Talentz

[DenisG]

LOL 

Talentz is our chief pricing preacher: "PRESS THE RESET YOUR PRICES TO DEFAULT BUTTON!"

I love it.

Denis