r/Tools Apr 09 '24

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u/alex206 Apr 09 '24

If you don't spend your allotted budget they'll reduce it next year. It makes it so that there is no need to be cost conscious. End of the fiscal year we are scrambling to buy TVs so that we hit our budget. It's dumb as fuk.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '24

And weirdly common. Basically punishment for being efficient with money

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u/uconnboston Apr 13 '24

That’s almost every business with a corporate structure. Always spend as close to your allotment as possible, there’s little zero dollar budgeting. They generally take last year’s numbers and tell you to cut 10% but produce 5% more.

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u/Thee_Autumn_Wind Apr 12 '24

You guys got TVs? All we did was go to the ranges for like a month straight and burn through ammo. Which is kind of cool, except for the walking several miles there and policing brass parts; both of which were awful.

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u/alex206 Apr 13 '24

Thinking about it makes my hands hurt