On 18 June 2012 19:15, Charles Matthews charles.r.matthews@ntlworld.com wrote:
On 18 June 2012 18:12, Thomas Morton morton.thomas@googlemail.com wrote:
[things that make sense to me]
I'd also like to see quantification. Is the current provable need 0.7 of a person or 1.5 persons? I'm still enough of a mathematician to think that it's unlikely to be a whole number (and I guess Tom D. is too).
As a mathematician, I agree with you. Experience, however, tells me that there is always enough work for between 10% and 20% more people than you have! If you have enough work for 0.7 FTE, then as soon as you hire someone you'll find another 0.5 FTE worth of work appears. I don't think there is any real risk of hiring someone and not being able to find useful things for them to do.