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snark42
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ThoughtWorks has been sold to private equity
>fewer travels, less expensive hotels, and luxurious meals.
Doesn't the customer typically pay all these costs for a consultant anyway?
nunez
on Aug 24, 2017
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Eats at your margins if expenses go over holdback, or the percentage of the sale dedicated to travel.
brudgers
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The customer pays them. And the customer pays the markup on them. And it should generate positive net revenue unless something is done wrong, and I doubt that Thoughtworks is doing it wrong.
lonelydreamer
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They do, but it reduces your profit...
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Doesn't the customer typically pay all these costs for a consultant anyway?