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Re:What's SAP, and why's it worth $163B? (2020) by dorgo on Friday September 09, 2022 @12:51PM (#32781697)
I wouldn't go for it. Suppose my budget is Y and I could reduce it to Y/2 and get X%*Y/2 as a bonus. But in subsequent years I would only get a budget of Y/2. With half the budget I can only employ half the staff and be half as important. I don't think it works out.

edit: on the other hand: If I'm going to quit the job next year and I don't like my successor I'm definitely going to cut corners and budget.

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Re:What's SAP, and why's it worth $163B? (2020) by bumby on Friday September 09, 2022 @03:00PM (#32783465)
Since the original context here is an army procurement, I don't think that hypothesis works out. Civil servants are not going to get that type of monetary incentive structure.
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