28th February 2014, 08:09 AM
(This post was last modified: 28th February 2014, 08:11 AM by Sikelgaita.)
GnomeKing Wrote:how can accomadation/travel costs disappear so easily (it seems) ? and yet money for technical work be tight as a badgers @ss ?
Because when a job is costed you know how many person days you have allowed for and therefore can build in appropriate accommodation and subsistence costs. As it is often difficult to predict what technical costs will be needed until the job is ongoing it is sometimes easy to get these wrong and many clients do not want to see huge lists of contingencies to cover every eventuality. Also if the number of person days is underestimated and there needs to be additional accommodation and subsistence paid for, the technical work may get 'trimmed' to cover this.