Bingo! The system should reward budgetary successes instead of punishing them.
Where I work, it's pretty much an open book policy with employees. You want to know how your project is doing? Track it down to the penny. It's neat seeing employees that normally wouldn't have just a vested interest take budgets more seriously when they're two mouse clicks away. Believe me, I've had my ass handed to me over budget overages before. And...nobody really remembers the successes but oh well
Wouldn't it be nice if the government could do that? "Gee, Joe McBlow bought $50,000 worth of staplers this year? His department only has 10 people!"
Or do it like it should be on any quality engineering, etc project where your salary / bonus are tied to your adherence to your AFE (authorization for expenditure) budget. Imagine a government program running with THAT kind of efficiency haha, where people would be penalized monetarily for blowing a budget.
