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the university where I used to work has a folding machine to fold mail and stuff it into envelopes. last week, it broke, which was inconvenient

Posted by judge indianapolis jones (aka amanda) Jan 31 '23, 07:28

because it's W2 season. they called the vendor who quoted them a price for a service call and gave them a wide price range for fixing it. the vendor also assured same day service so the W2s could go out on time.

the financial situation of this university is pretty dire, so every unplanned expenditure over $10k has to be approved all the way up to the CSuite (either the prez or her henchman). since the repair had a range that could have exceeded $10k, approval was escalated per recent guidance.

the repair expense was not approved. instead, 21 union employees from janitorial and maintenance services sat in a room for almost two workdays, stuffing envelopes.

certainly the cost for this time exceeded $10k (more than doubled considering the positions and seniority of said employees) and the opportunity cost of not having the people on the floor is big (overtime will be needed to make up the tasks that were not completed) but guys! the university didn't spend $10k.

wow.

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Good, put the money in people's pockets instead of the vendor's -- nm - rollo Jan 31, 07:32 3
- I don't think it is additional money, though? Otherwise, has to be approved? -- nm - Spawn Jan 31, 07:34
- i get it, but do they do this every time there is a mass mailing? -- nm - Andie Jan 31, 07:33
- (I mean yes, not ideal, but...) -- nm - rollo Jan 31, 07:32
Who gets to explain that cost variance for the month? -- nm* - budice Jan 31, 07:31 6
- It was not approved! -- nm - Spawn Jan 31, 07:31 5
  - So it’s a debt limit -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 31, 07:32
  - Yet still cost them. so yeah -- nm - budice Jan 31, 07:32 3
    - I mean, what they paid was not approved. But if that many people can just not do their own work for two days, maybe they are paying too many people. -- nm - Spawn Jan 31, 07:33 2
      - OK Elon U -- nm - Max Jan 31, 07:36
      - Well, W-2s had to get done, so they still had to spend FTE effort and $$$. And their other work still important -- nm* - budice Jan 31, 07:35

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