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Hawk947 t1_j2ee0fr wrote

Reply to comment by angrybird7677 in ELI5: Why do companies require annual budget be spent 100%? by angrybird7677

You would hate to hear about how the government does the same thing with our "tax dollars".

We regularly get calls from govt organizations that have budget for equipment. As an example, let's say they budgeted for $2000 for a laptop. I ask, what do you need to do with that laptop?

The answer is generally browse the web and check email, write documents.

I explain they can do that with a $750 laptop, so if they have $2000 budgeted, we can get 2 for them.

That's not acceptable, they need to spend that money on 1 laptop so when they show their inventory and assets report, there's no extra equipment.

So, they get a $2000 laptop.

It's maddening.

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MySocialAnxiety- t1_j2ep2e3 wrote

Yep. can't tell you how many government offices/conference rooms I saw with 80" flat screens and "smart boards" right next to the cheap dry erase board that actually got used 98% of the time. And this was back in the early 2000s when all of this was new/expensive technology. Easily $2000-4000 tvs and I dont even want to guess what the smart boards cost

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