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		dfex on Aug 22, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A retiring consultant’s advice on consultants I've always (only half-jokingly) offered clients like this the opportunity to buy Gift-Cards (in $10,000 denominations) - I'll issue them in this financial year to soak up budget under-run, and they can spend them (or not) whenever the need arises. WARNING: May not be SoX-compliant

namaria on Aug 22, 2023 | [–]

> WARNING: May not be SoX-compliant

So much of modern life is people just going through the motions to make the budget soaking legitimate instead of plain fraud.

We have millions of work hours spent each year on little more than theater.

bomewish on Aug 22, 2023 | [–]

be sure to add a vig for that service!

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