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Re:Hacking the bureaucracy to get stuff done (2020) by bombcar on Monday May 23, 2022 @03:44PM (#31483989)
In the past this is why things like per diems came into being - the paperwork tracking it was more expensive than just letting everyone have their $50 and who cares if some brought a sandwich from home and pocketed it.

A wise company would make sure any consulting contract had a fixed $500 or whatever for "incidentals" - and if they weren't needed and the consultant pocked it, who cares?

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Re:Hacking the bureaucracy to get stuff done (2020) by Eddy_Viscosity2 on Monday May 23, 2022 @07:55PM (#31486328)
It's also why postage for letters was a fixed rate, it was cheaper than charging differently for every location.
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