igure consists of paying the new employees minimum wage ($4.75) five days a week, for 15 weeks (or one long semesters). Table 1 provides a comparison of the cost of hiring the new assistants to the hiring of only one full time counter worker. As you can see, hiring two part-time workers proves to be less expensive. Although the chart shows almost $3,000.00 per year is saved, in reality, its more than that. Due to the amount of benefits, sick pay and other miscellaneous expenses, the cost of another full-time employee would be even greater. Table 1: Cost Comparison S. Prentice -4- June 25, 1997BenefitsThere are numerous benefits that will result from hiring two new assistants into the parking control office. By doing so, parking control will be able to process more transactions in one day. This will help to cut down on unnecessary over time. It will also cut costs in comparison to hiring another full time counter worker. With the hiring of two part-time workers, no benefits will have to be paid. Most important, the students and visitors having to deal with parking control will receive timely service and should leave with a positive attitude about the department . As the graph below shows, the parking control office has been lacking respectability in the student approval category. More timely service should help the percentage of students disliking it to decrease.Chart 1: Most Difficult Departments on Campus**Statistics based on 1995 poll for General Studies classCONCLUSIONThe population at Southwest Texas State University is continuing to grow. To accommodate the increasing number of students and visitors, parking control needs to make some changes. By adding another counter worker, parking control will be able to provide a more prompt service to those individuals who take the time to come to the office and pay or appeal their tickets. Also, the hiring of two p...
