Bit Wrote:
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> I must admit I was a consultant for 15 years
> before I retired. In the tech industry. It never
> failed to amaze me how much I got paid (especially
> compared to staff) for saying or doing for
> management exactly what their staff was capable
> of. They just seemed they had to pay more to
> someone on the outside to feel they were getting
> the "right" solution.

And then after reorganizing and downsizing and getting rid of their highly paid senior people, hired them back as consultants to help with the transition to the "new" organization. :-)
We used to say that consultants wore hats so they knew which end to sit on. :-)
C.