Work Force

[aPPle (OP)]

does unemployment have any negative effects such as a drain on wealth?

[Erik L]

does unemployment have any negative effects such as a drain on wealth?

No. It just means you can expand your facilities and put the lazy bums to work.

[Moonshadow101]

I tend to assume that the unutilized workforce is actually just working in civilian operations. Like they're manufacturing space-computers or something. They're not actually unemployed, they're just not working for you.

Which is still unacceptable, of course.

[Person012345]

I tend to assume that the unutilized workforce is actually just working in civilian operations. Like they're manufacturing space-computers or something. They're not actually unemployed, they're just not working for you.

Which is still unacceptable, of course.

I assume that's what "services" is. I think the available is unemployed. I mean, it's usually maybe 10% of your population or so? For me it's around that anyway. Which is a perfectly reasonable unemployment rate for an advanced planetary society. Of course, the exact rate you'd expect would depend on what you're RPing, but it's at 8.2% in the UK at the moment for example (April 2012).

[o_O]

I would think 'available workers' means the amount of labor you could find at a World War 2 level of full mobilization.   10% available workers doesn't mean 10% unemployment, some of those people are staying at home raising kids or retired or working part time. 

[Aldaris]

Or, you know, working in civillian manufacturing producing, say, consumer electronics. Or diapers.