Hello everyone!
I am a level 11 player who recently started managing my first companies. Like any new CEO, my first instinct was to go to the job market, post some offers, and hire external workers to speed up my growth. However, before spending my hard-earned coins, I decided to sit down, open a spreadsheet, and run the actual numbers.
The conclusion is alarming: If you are a new or low-level player, hiring external workers right now is a complete financial trap.
Here is the simple mathematical breakdown I used to protect my capital, and why I highly recommend every new user to completely avoid hiring staff for now.
To see if an employee is actually making you money or just draining your bank account, you cannot just look at your daily revenue. You need to calculate the Labor Cost per Unit using this simple equation:
$ \text{Labor Cost Per Unit} = \frac{\text{Worker Salary}}{\text{Production Points Generated}} $
Now, look at your finished product and apply the true net margin test:
$ \text{Net Profit} = \left( \text{Market Price} \cdot \text{Output} \right) - \left[ \text{Raw Materials Cost} + \text{Gross Labor Cost} + \text{Regional Taxes on Sales} \right] $
Note: Important! Do not just copy my numbers blindly. Regional transaction taxes change depending on the country and region you are operating in. For example, in my current region, the tax is a heavy 12%, but it might be much lower or higher in yours. Always check your local region's current tax rate before running the math. Also, remember that the game deducts the regional wage tax directly from the employee's paycheck, not from your pocket. Your only direct cost here is the tax applied to your final sales.
When I plugged the current inflated market salaries into these formulas, the result was negative every single time. The wages are so high compared to the market price of commodities that external workers completely eat up your profit. You take 100% of the financial risk, and they take 100% of the coins.
If you are starting out, do not hire anyone. Freeze your job offers immediately. Instead, maximize your growth using these two safe paths:
Use Your Own Attributes: Generating production points using your own Entrepreneurship Attribute costs you 10 points per action and exactly 0 coins in wages. Your personal workforce is completely free, which keeps your structural margins 100% clean.
Let Passive Energy Fund Your Growth: Every 24 hours, your passive energy regeneration recovers power (like +8 Energy per hour). If you sell this energy on the external job market instead of hiring people for your own companies, you can secure a risk-free income of around +76 coins per day.
My Final Advice
Do not rush to look like a giant corporation. At level 11, running a lean, worker-free business is the only way to accumulate a solid stack of coins. Use your free daily income to slowly fund your automated engine upgrades or to buy raw materials like scrap (chatarra) when the price drops.
I might be new to the server, but numbers don't lie: In this economy, self-reliance is the ultimate shortcut to success!
Author's Note: As a new player who is just starting to dive deep into the game's economy, this is currently my point of view. If you find anything incorrect, mathematically flawed, or poorly calculated, I would highly appreciate your constructive feedback in the comments! Let's learn together.