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Yes, true, but the point is something like this: things that reduce costs in a way that is centrally measurable and worthy of bragging are not the things that w
by asolove 15y ago
Yes, true, but the point is something like this: things that reduce costs in a way that is centrally measurable and worthy of bragging are not the things that waste real money, but are the things that will hurt morale.
- They saved £200,000 by not having biscuits at meetings of executive and middle-managers.
- They continued having large, expensive meetings of large, expensive staffs of executive and middle-managers who don't add value.
They would have saved ten times as much by getting much better biscuits and firing large swaths of their management staff.
- gaius 15y agoIndeed, let's put that into perspective http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jun/25/bbc-expenses-mark-thompson-private-jet-jana-bennett http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jun/25/bbc-expenses-mar... and http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/5639533/BBC-expenses-Executives-stayed-at-Oceans-11-hotel-in-Las-Vegas-as-they-spend-45million-on-travel-and-accommodation-in-a-year.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/5639533/BBC-ex...