You are the manager of a consulting service. You have come across a potential employee that you believe will add value to the firm by attracting and serving more clients. The firm has given you the flexibility to add this employee to the staff. However, your bonus is based on full absorption after- tax firm performance. You expect the new employee to bring in the following revenues and associated incremental costs: Year 2021 2022 2023 Number of "jobs" started 100 125 125 Number of "jobs" completed 75 100 150 Variable cost per "job" $200 $200 $200 Selling and Administrative costs for the year $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 New employee salary (Directly related to "jobs") $175,000 $175,000 $175,000 Selling price per "job" $2,000 $2,000 $2,000 All costs are applied to the jobs when they are started, but the revenues are not earned (the job is not sold) until the job is complete. Assume that the new employee salary is a direct input for the "jobs", but does not vary with the number of "jobs" (like a fixed overhead). The consulting service uses full absorption costing for both book and tax purposes. The "inventory system" is first in first out (FIFO). The discount rate for the form is 12% and the tax rate is 30%. Assume that all costs (including salary and taxes) are paid in cash at the end of the year in which they occur and the clients pay their fees in cash at the end of the year in which the job is completed. Also, assume that there is no tax paid or tax credit if the reported income is less than 0. When necessary, discount all cash flows to the beginning of the year 2021 (note that all cash paid and received in 2021 must be discounted 1 period, 2022 discounted 2 periods, and 2023 discounted three periods). (Note: For the questions below, ignore other income sources the firm may have, i.e. only consider the projects described above, facilitated by the new employee. Also, below references to COGM should be interpreted as the costs associated with provision of the core service, i.e. as if this were a manufacturing firm) The present value of 1$ at the discount rate of 12% is follows: Period Present Value of 1$ 1 0.893 N 0.797 0.712 3 3 4 0.636 What is the net present value of hiring the new employee over the years 2021 through 2023 from the firm's perspective at the beginning of year 2021? (Note: parentheses denote negative values. This is for visual clarity, please use a dash(-) to indicate negatives in your own answers.) (8,778) (6,250) 3,119 43,625 Is it in the best interest of the firm to hire the new employee? Yes O No