For some reason, high level managers need very expensive consultants to tell them the obvious truths.
As a very expensive consultant I am frequently appalled at how management teams completely ignore their own employees.
Forget about wasteful, these companies can afford consultants. It is just disrespectful to their own staff. Developers and operations guys already know the solution but can't get through layers upon layers of management. And so it takes a guy with salary high enough that he can be allowed to talk to the a high level manager directly, to get the message.
As a very expensive consultant I am frequently appalled at how management teams completely ignore their own employees.
Forget about wasteful, these companies can afford consultants. It is just disrespectful to their own staff. Developers and operations guys already know the solution but can't get through layers upon layers of management. And so it takes a guy with salary high enough that he can be allowed to talk to the a high level manager directly, to get the message.