Abbreviated Mastercard math
At an approximate cost to the taxpayers of at least $275/hour for the combined salaries in the room, I spent five hours Wednesday (plus an average of 3 hours roundtrip travel time at ~$125 an hour for three contractors) sitting at a table with four people who hadn't read the 100 page document we'd given them for feedback the Friday before and who nonetheless wished to discuss it.
Total estimated taxpayer cost, to accomplish approximately an hour of effective discussion:
At least $1750 + travel costs.
Total projected taxpayer cost of the meeting scheduled to accomplish what that meeting was scheduled to accomplish, had everyone come prepared:
At least $2900 + travel costs.
Actually hearing someone say, for the first time since I was a wee undergraduate, "Well, I haven't read it, but what I think is..."
Priceless.
There are some things money can't buy. Like the therapy I'm going to need after another year of this job.
Total estimated taxpayer cost, to accomplish approximately an hour of effective discussion:
At least $1750 + travel costs.
Total projected taxpayer cost of the meeting scheduled to accomplish what that meeting was scheduled to accomplish, had everyone come prepared:
At least $2900 + travel costs.
Actually hearing someone say, for the first time since I was a wee undergraduate, "Well, I haven't read it, but what I think is..."
Priceless.
There are some things money can't buy. Like the therapy I'm going to need after another year of this job.
posted by The Stute Fish at 11:39
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