Specific Options for Reducing Staffing Costs

This is part of the Reduction Committee Tasks.

As we review everything, we need to spell out what specific measures we could take. We'll need to estimate the financial costs and savings of each, the other costs (staffing shortages, impact on programs, etc.), and the problems associated with each option.

Target #1 = $2,700.

Target #2 = $5,400 (including target #1).

Across the board wage cut
A 5% wage cut would save us $1,162.58. We spend $23,250 / month on non health care benefits.

Voluntary hours cuts
Monthly cost of collective member/hour/week = $52.96

The following people have offered voluntary hours cuts:

Dave   1.75    $92.68 Geiner 7      $370.72 Jhasen 10     $529.60 Jon   12      $635.52 Laurel 4.5    $238.32 Liane  4      $211.84 Martin 10     $529.60 Michael 5     $264.80 Rick   6      $317.76 Shawn  8      $423.68 SUBTOT 68.25 $3,614.52 Matthew 5     $175.00 TOTAL       $3,792.00

Voluntary unpaid leaves of absence
The following people have offered voluntary leaves of absence:

Jhasen    1 month (May)   = $1,584 Laurel    1 week in March =    264 Laurel    2 weex Apr/May  =    528 Liane     1 month (June)  =  1,584 Martin    1  month        =  1,584 TOTAL                       $5,544

Job performance based cuts

 * 32 hour collective member with health care = $1867
 * 32 hour collective member without health care = $1584
 * 20 hour collective member with health care = $1339
 * 20 hour collective member without health care = $1056
 * 20 hour/week intern = $700

Potential Recommendations

 * 5% pay cut
 * $1,162.58 per month savings effective March 1 (retroactive)


 * Unpaid leave for Laurel and Nathan in March (during vacation)
 * $608 for the month of March only


 * Marlin layed off
 * $1,056.00 per month savings which don't kick in until vacation pay is paid off (June or so)


 * Other staggered voluntary leaves of absences
 * $800.00 Laurel in April
 * $1,584.00 Jhasen in May
 * $1,584.00 Liane in June


 * Voluntary hours reductions already scheduled:
 * $402.00 Rick dropping to 20 hours May and beyond


 * Geiner leaving
 * $1,056.00 per month when it starts, assuming we add 12 hours to Michael's schedule and get him to split time between printers and tech support

Month by month this breaks down like:

This leaves us around $2,300 short of the round 2 target. To make this up in hours reduction, we'd need to cut an additional 46 hours from the schedule which would mean another layoff and hours reduction for remaining collective members. Since covering all available shifts will already be strained, this would mean cutting back programs of some sort.


 * Weaknesses of these recommendations:
 * Cuts don't kick in fast enough
 * Some cuts are based on temporary measures.
 * Some cuts are based on temporary measures.

Jhasen takes off May

 * Savings $1,584 (one time)
 * Shuffling people around
 * Oso, Liane, Shawn, Laurel, and Richard could all cover (some need training)
 * Matthew (would require Front Desk coverage)
 * Jon (receiving)
 * Nathan (Black Hole)

Liane takes off June

 * Savings $1,584 (one time)
 * Shuffling people around
 * Computers for Kids on hold
 * BBBees and PB/BBBB needs coverage

Martin takes off one month

 * Savings $1,450 (one time)
 * Shuffling people around
 * Oso or Liane could cover
 * Matthew could cover (Reception affected)
 * Nathan (Black Hole)

Laurel takes some time in April

 * Savings $800 (one time)
 * Shuffling people around
 * Adoption classes, LPI exams
 * Potential education income stream might get postponed

Jhasen goes to 22 hours

 * Savings $503 / month
 * Shuffling people around
 * (see above)

Jon goes to 20 hours

 * Savings $604
 * Shuffling people around
 * BBBees coverage needed
 * Forklift operation (Jhasen and maybe Oso)

Martin goes to 20 hours

 * Savings $453 / month
 * Shuffling people around
 * (see above)

Rick goes to 20 hours

 * Savings $402
 * Shuffling people around
 * Dave, Martin, Richard
 * Oso, Liane, Shawn, Michael, Nathan

Shawn goes to 24 hours

 * Savings $402
 * Shuffling people around
 * PB/BBBB and Reception
 * Event coordination and volunteer outreach would suffer

Many people take off 3-4 hours

 * Savings $151-201 per person
 * $1,208-$1,610
 * People affected: Liane, Laurel, Michael, Jhasen, Jon, Martin, Rick, Shawn
 * Shuffling people around
 * (too complex to detail)

No Intern in Store

 * Savings $700
 * (see above)

No Intern at Front Desk

 * Savings $700

Geiner Leaves

 * Savings $1,867
 * Shuffling people around
 * Someone needs to be trained to cover printerland.
 * Front Desk coverage needed.

Layoff Jhasen

 * Savings
 * Shuffling people around

Layoff Richard

 * Savings
 * Shuffling people around

Layoff Oso

 * Savings
 * Shuffling people around

Layoff Shawn

 * Savings
 * Shuffling people around

Layoff Jon

 * Savings $1,867
 * Shuffling people around
 * (see above)

Layoff Liane

 * Savings
 * Shuffling people around

Layoff Laurel

 * Savings
 * Shuffling people around

Layoff Kathie

 * Savings
 * Shuffling people around

Layoff Dave

 * Savings
 * Shuffling people around

Layoff Michael

 * Savings
 * Shuffling people around

Layoff Meow

 * Savings
 * Shuffling people around

Layoff Nathan

 * Savings
 * Shuffling people around

Layoff Rick

 * Savings
 * Shuffling people around