Consider the Oompa-Loompa

One of fiction's most reliable, efficient, and happy workers, the Oompa-Loompa (Thank You Roald Dahl) has all the qualities of the perfect recession jobless recovery era employee.  He (I've never seen a female Oompa) whistles and sings happily from task to task, ready to follow management's orders, no matter how bizarre these directions might seem.  They are all pretty much the same size and shape thus saving a massive amount of money on uniforms and ergonomic office equipment.  They are skilled in all research development, packaging, marketing, and production of a very large and diverse product offering.  They live within the plant premises, and are paid in cocoa beans.  They appear not to have a union or collective bargaining body of any type.  Originally hired as a type of Scab, they are immune to attempted industrial espionage.  There always seem to be just enough of them to get any job done.  Anything else I might have missed?