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I’ve worked at some places that were pretty huge, but the finance department absolutely fucking nickle and dime over everything. Even the smallest EC2 instance
by fullspectrumdev 3y ago
I’ve worked at some places that were pretty huge, but the finance department absolutely fucking nickle and dime over everything.
Even the smallest EC2 instances had to be accounted for with a business reason that they would accept, with audits happening every few days.
Asking for a licence for something upfront was like pulling teeth.
- hedora 3y agoI’ve encountered this too. I always wonder why the eng departments never itemize the time they spend dealing with finance, then bill the finance team for the hours.
- fullspectrumdev 3y agoI’ve threatened to do this to a sales department - send them a bill for lost time, engineers working overtime, etc because they sold shit without a clue if it even was possible. Lead balloons have flown better than that idea did :)
- esafak 3y agoYou were in a cost center, and/or your company had no concept of productivity.
- fullspectrumdev 3y agoThe latter. Extremely “Penny wise, pound foolish” nonsense going on.