Everyone these days is looking for recession indicators. Things like the price of Arizona Iced Tea, inverted yield curves, and the death of any and all hope for a better tomorrow have got investors and consumers alike all shaken up. I recently came to realize that there was one bigger issue at hand.

I was doing the math the other day, and I realized something: without the labor I was doing, my company couldn’t make any money! I figured that parts+labor=cost of the service being provided. Except that the amount charged in total was more than what I was paid in labor. Parts won’t change in price, though, which means there was only one way to create more profit, by underpaying me for my labor!

Why hasn’t anyone pointed this out before? Or better yet, why does everyone put up with this? I me

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