I think this is pretty close, actually.
Remember, as stylin points out, we charge our customers by the hour.
He's hired another Indian subcontractor, and is going to start the project all over again, with them. Failure didn't teach him one single thing.
Now clearly a high school kid making mimimum wage could do a better job than the VP in question and most certainly would not do worse.
But it's a step. They've finally admitted that bunch of Indians failed. It's one first step.
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This really should be sent to the creator of Dilbert. The VP in quewstion is a clear case of the Peter Priciple in action. Now a way for the company to save money overall would be replace teh VP in question with a high school kid (hey be really generous give him minimum wage plus a 100% premium he/she is after all a VP.) Take the savings and fund a project that will get the job done and done right.
I think this is pretty close, actually.
Remember, as stylin points out, we charge our customers by the hour.