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"Back in the day" I identified a way to save prob a quarter million dollars a year on my project, funded with your tax dollars. Created a spreadsheet model for
by slowhand09 3y ago
"Back in the day" I identified a way to save prob a quarter million dollars a year on my project, funded with your tax dollars. Created a spreadsheet model for the cost, documented it all, and gave it to my boss. He said "I'll look it over". I asked his two weeks later if he'd been thru it. His response was "It looks correct. Nice job." I asked if were going to trial it.
Golden response: "No, we don't get paid to save money; we get paid to spend money."
And that is when I truly understood Cost+Award Fee contracting with the gov't.
- Shocka1 3y agoAnecdotally I have worked in government roles and have been rewarded extremely well for saving taxpayer money, to the point where I felt it was too much at times. It really all dials down on the common denominator, which is the boss or manager. I've learned over the years in both the private and public world that if a manager is not willing to go out of their way to reward their great employees, it's time to move on to the next role.