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To: Dan Dolan who wrote (7807)	2/28/1999 12:37:00 PM
From: Rocky Reid	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10072

>>...what kind of people Iomega expects to hire for the new plant if the average wage is $8/hr.<< What kind of people? Cheap labor. What kind of work? Probably assembly-line production for Flop! or Zip. What kind of quality to expect? Shoddy. $8/hr is low for assembly-line component work in this industry. These are part-time jobs no doubt, and overtime pay will probably be a definite no-no for supervisors to schedule. A nephew of mine is doing such work for $11/hr for a major computer box maker. For only $8/hr, the typical worker is going to be a choice between fresh-out-of-high-schoolers, people (tired ones no doubt) holding down 1 or more other jobs, etc. Quality Control may have busy days on its hands. But at least Iomega will have cheap labor.