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Re: Public sector?

Replying to myself - there's a lovely story that we all might appreciate.

My local council were suckered into the consultant trap. Massive cuts to funding and they needed to save money, and got in PwC to make some suggestions. Bill of £2 million to start with, plus a slice of the savings. Of course the staff and public could have come up with the same ideas, but these were better ideas because they came from consultants.

The best bit...if they made a suggestion for something, and the council decided not to use it (perhaps it was politically unacceptable? like putting dead people in with the food-waste recycling to save on cremation fees sort of thing, or at least hiking parking fees in towns so no one goes there and all the shops go bust) then PwC still get paid their share of the projected savings anyway!

Champers all round in the PwC boardroom.

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