No, we usually fixed it for the next year.
The problems arose when we had adopted a budget, made a list of projects, and settled on a headcount for the year. Then in February, management decides they need to do something else right away, and there is not enough headcount to cover. You don’t want to go over budget and turn red on some executive’s dashboard, so you simply finagle a little bit.
If the work was still going on the following year, we did move the slots into the correct department. Too many positions? OK, Mr Big Shot, what projects do you want to cut?
I worked for a multi billion dollar corporation....
It didn’t matter what new projects or initiatives came up, the answer was always manage to your budget....oh’ and be under budget...
One year we Bought another operation that added 30 % more revenue to my operation, but didn’t add any expenses to cover the COB...scale of economics will mitigate the cost of doing 30 % more business...I was told...
That’s why I got out after eight years... Probably added ten years to my life...