Question

Joel klippert says he pays himself last, after he pays his vendors and employees. explain this decision in terms of the principle of business profit. do you agree with his payment priorities?

Answer 1

Answer with Explanation:

Paying employees and the vendors is necessary because they are very important stakeholders of the company. The company must manage its vendors and must not surpass the agreed credit period and credit allowed. If the company is properly managing its vendors then it is most likely that the company will taking maximum benefit out of it by increasing its credit period or credit allowed amount or both. This lower the working capital investment and thus would save the cost of financing the working capital, and hence the business profit would be increased. This means that the effective management of vendors increases business profit.

On the other hand, if we are not paying the employees in time then it will lower the motivation of the employees which would affect their productivity as well. Hence it is better to keep them motivated because it increases it productivity and also lowers employee turnover.

The impact of these decision would might seem that it has decreased the profit but employee cost are both fixed cost (salaried) and variable cost (wages) which means the fixed will remain the same but if the wages are growing then it is a sign of increased production. Hence we must pay them in time irrespective of business profit.