If your company has a spending commitment with AWS in order to get a few percent savings, and it's just barely hitting the contracted amount, it may not be worth the effort to pursue any cost savings. Suppose your company has committed to hit 5M in spend, and they're just barely inching over the line at 5.01M. You might spend a bunch of time and labor expense knocking it down to 4M of usage and not really move the bottom line at all.
> (2) I can do this on my own time and keep some % of the savings for myself as a reward
> (2) I can do this on my own time and keep some % of the savings for myself as a reward
This is a textbook case of perverse incentives.