[FrustratedMonky]

Think that is the point. If their is expense equipment, high capital. Then companies will try to maximize the current labor first, grind them down, before taking the leap to hire more labor. Like running 2, 10 hour shifts, with few hours downtime, will be better than running 3, 8 hour shifts, at 24 hour uptime. The incentive is to stretch labor head count out, before adding more.