[quote name='firetrucknut' timestamp='1303563233' post='436378']
"Will the public notice the reduced staffing?" "I hope they don't" Really? How much does this guy get paid? Computer models dont work. When your house is on fire with people trapped and the nearest fire company was closed down based on a computer model, then what? People die, thats what. Not to get off subject here, but one big box home improvement store based their staffing on computer models and sales dropped because there were not enough people on the sales floor to assist customers. People were walking out based solely on not getting timely help. Maybe our fire service leaders should listen to thier "customers" (people they vow to serve and protect) instead of the bean counters at city hall.
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Many big box stores are leaning more and more on these models... These companies have similar models that are used to tell dispatchers at warehouses what goods these location will be selling in next couple of days. What it leads too in empty shelfs, and the people who are at the store have very little input to override the build to, to what they could be selling if they had the product. Either case it the "Customer" who pays the price and they lose faith in them. They seek to get their services else where.
"Will the public notice the reduced staffing?" "I hope they don't" Really? How much does this guy get paid? Computer models dont work. When your house is on fire with people trapped and the nearest fire company was closed down based on a computer model, then what? People die, thats what. Not to get off subject here, but one big box home improvement store based their staffing on computer models and sales dropped because there were not enough people on the sales floor to assist customers. People were walking out based solely on not getting timely help. Maybe our fire service leaders should listen to thier "customers" (people they vow to serve and protect) instead of the bean counters at city hall.
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Many big box stores are leaning more and more on these models... These companies have similar models that are used to tell dispatchers at warehouses what goods these location will be selling in next couple of days. What it leads too in empty shelfs, and the people who are at the store have very little input to override the build to, to what they could be selling if they had the product. Either case it the "Customer" who pays the price and they lose faith in them. They seek to get their services else where.
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