Entrepreneurs and hiring managers only add staff if they think additional employees will produce more value than they consume.

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Now, you may be thinking that this strategy is only of interest to female employees or staff with children.

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He said all the retainers had full-time employment elsewhere and only nine employees were affected as three staff who left since the review started had not been replaced.

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