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If you have to ask, then you don’t have authority.

• samus 3y ago
  If you get what you ask for without fuss, then it's not an issue. It becomes an issue if you have to slog your way through corporate bureaucracy^H^Hzy to get basic things.
  • maccard 3y ago
    And asking isn't a problem - it stops three different teams signing up for slack, campfire, teams.
• moooo99 3y ago
  It depends on how strictly the request is scrutinized. I can spend exactly 0€ myself. But when I request a new machine, the order is placed immediately. On the other hand I requested three months access to frontend masters which was promptly denied citing I should use our Udemy subscription.
• maccard 3y ago
  You can have authority while still having someone be accountable to the org. We had a situation where we were paying for three different presentation tools and two whiteboarding tools for a team of 30 people because two people had minor preferences. I have to request a limited card for recurring spends, which comes with a "why" box. It makes people think about what they're buying just a tiny bit more. But I've never had a single purchase denied (other than the time I accidentally paid for a personal holiday on my work card because Google pay's default payment card on device and online are linked)
• grumpy_coder 3y ago
  Generally, nobody has authority. Even the highest executive has to fight procurement in a big corp. Own a VC-backed startup, the investors want you to get prior agreement on 'large' purchases. Maybe if you are the sole owner of a small firm without a purchasing department. Politics always has people insert themselves in the flow of money.