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Been there, done that. I feel much worse about paying my federal taxes now. Federal contractor (to whom we were a subcontractor) spent at least five times what
by h4b4n3r0 8y ago
Been there, done that. I feel much worse about paying my federal taxes now. Federal contractor (to whom we were a subcontractor) spent at least five times what they should have, and very little of it trickled down to us. They also were a “broken telephone” between us and the end customer, so we didn’t get much user feedback. Any call (not _video_ call mind you, a phone call) with them had a minimum of 10 people, and after the call everyone on their end would have immediate amnesia. 1/10 would not recommend.
- ryandrake 8y agoStop me when you’ve seen this one: Prime contractor is a one or two-person shop. They don’t do any work, but subcontract the entire contract to the huge company that is doing the actual work. The prime contractor’s job is to be an Alaskan Native American-owned or Female Amputee-owned or some other underrepresented minority-owned business so the government can say they work with minority-owned businesses. The prime does nothing but pass communications back and forth and skim $$$.
- mixmastamyk 8y agoMind blown—have a contract with one of these currently.
- h4b4n3r0 8y agoOurs was very large. In fact, I'd say, a 2-person do-nothing prime would be a vast improvement over what we had, especially if they did not have any illusions about their own level of competence. To see the situation in the positive light, however, I have vastly improved my project management skills. Making _anything_ stick on the other end was a non-trivial endeavor.