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Originally Posted by Bill14564
Would you do this with your personal budget? If you needed to save money would you cut your grocery, water, and electricity spending by the same percentage as you might cut your cruise, airline, hotel, or restaurant spending? Or, would you determine what is essential (food, water, A/C) and what is not-so-essential (cruise, hotel, restaurant) and cut the non-essential items more?
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In my experience with the Army when facing a 10% reduction in force (RIF), the trouble is that every department, office, etc. believes that it is essential and operating with the minimal staff and budget and shouldn't be cut, leading to endless discussion over who is the highest priority. Those cut more than 10% then are angry with the decision maker and set out to show why they shouldn't have been cut. Cutting everyone 10% shares the pain.