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  • padding and cutting

    padding and cutting

    original publish date: 20th October, 2011

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    transcript

    FTE #1: Overt.Con a this cycle of 0s padding budgets because of inevitable cuts and them cutting budgets because of inevitable padding is 50 time consuming, why doesn't everyone just agree to do it properly?

    FTE #2: Because (a) nobody can ever admit that it's happening and (b) neither side could then claim the savings on their performance reviews.

    FTE #1: There's 50 much business school didn't cover,

    Caption: And so the cycle continues.