Monthly Archives: November 2013

John,
Interesting article, same sort of thing is happening in the UK. Check this book out as it sheds some light on the issue: The case for working with your hands by Mathew Crawford.

Unfortunately, businesses will have to look outside their country and possibly bring in entry level employees. As a small business, you have to find the way to get the work done and this can be accomplished with H-2B Visas, a Visa that was scarce in 2007 when the U.S. had a boom. Large companies have always relied on these Visas, now small businesses are also taking advantage of them. We hate to have to hire outside our country, but, when a business cant find the workers in the U.S., they have no choice.

A agree that it will cease to differentiate in the small-medium size business market.
Recently I have been dealing w the issue if health care w my clients even though it isn’t a focus of my services, they are truly in the dark as to what is the best method to employ going forward.
I fully believe the new standard will be for owners to push the employees to the exchanges. Pressure to provide insurance (in the past) had been from two points directions; 1- the desire to benefit the employee and 2- competition for the better employee. What we see larger size companies taking advantage if lower hours eliminating the required costs for a all vs the providing for the ones owners deem worthy.
New world will be where small to medium size employers will cease providing insurance as a benefit because as you have said it no longer sets them apart and there is no residual value.