re: Counterintuitive corporate cost saving measures

One of the divisions in our company decided to cut our millwright to 32 hours per week if they aren't in the field to save money. They in turn gave the millwrights a raise to offset the cost of the lost hours so they wouldn't lose money on their straight time paychecks. So now they are making basically the same thing and now the division is paying higher payroll cost when the guys are in the field and making overtime thus reducing their profit margins. They did not make changes to their bid sheets to offset the higher cost so the Project Managers are pissed because it brings down the net profit which is what they make their commission off of. Still shaking my head on that one.