Before electing to terminate the five employees, the guild should consider
the long-run impact of the decision. Specifically, future page layout rates
may grow faster than the cost of internal salaries, thus favoring the use of
employees over the long term. This would especially be the case if the
outside company provided a low bid in order to win the initial business. In
addition, the guild may wish to consider noneconomic factors, such as the
ability to more directly control the quality and timing of the layout work by
internal employees.