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> And if you're an ambitious, hard-nosed type that can really turn the screws on vendors, Absolutely not. Cost savings is career suicide in the public sector.
by xnx 1y ago
> And if you're an ambitious, hard-nosed type that can really turn the screws on vendors,
Absolutely not. Cost savings is career suicide in the public sector. The goal is to spend all budget and then beg for more. Regardless of ridership, the ironclad rule is "budget must go up".
- Volundr 1y agoIt funny because having worked both in private industry and public (transit!) service, my experience is the exact opposite. In private anytime my department were coming in under budget on anything, there was always the end of the year pressure to spend it on something lest accounting take it away. Meanwhile in the public sector my team went to great lengths to get rid of vendor services that weren't providing value.
- xnx 1y agoGood example. That budget behavior is common. Fortunately, if that has true negative effects, the market corrects by putting one company out of business.
- Volundr 1y agoLet me know when the market gets around to that. At this time it's ignored all the ones I've worked for.
- mh- 1y agoIs it "ignoring" it, or is it priced in to the company's valuation?
- Volundr 1y agoI mean could be, maybe their stock would be a touch higher, but it doesn't stop them from being some of the biggest players in their markets. A far cry from being "put out of business" as the commenter I replied to promised.
- SoftTalker 1y agoIn my fantasy world where I run things as a benevolent dictator, people would get bonuses for finishing the year under budget while still achieving all their objectives. I suppose that would just incent them to inflate the budgets to begin with though.