Sentences with phrase «expensive staff time»

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Audit staff became devoted to reviewing records of Sub S Corporations who had declared exorbitant dividends to their principals (taxable at modest income tax rates without the addition of the dreaded and expensive self - employment tax) and at the same time paying unreasonably low wages to said principals.

There are numerous reasons for this, including increased manufacturing costs, special training for staff, limited production times, expensive... [Read more...]

There are numerous reasons for this, including increased manufacturing costs, special training for staff, limited production times, expensive ingredients, complex ingredients, specialised storage to avoid cross contamination and the smaller quantities needed meaning less economies of scale.

Field organizing takes TIME, and an expensive primary season didn't leave the Mitt resources for luxuries like millions of dollars in staff fees in January — he was spending money as it came in, mostly on TV and the basic logistics of keeping a campaign on the move.

Staff costs are often the most expensive part of a research project, so first I identify how much staff time is required to achieve the research objectStaff costs are often the most expensive part of a research project, so first I identify how much staff time is required to achieve the research objectstaff time is required to achieve the research objectives.

The traditional method of service for homebound students can be expensive to operate and difficult to staff — and students often have a hard time keeping up with coursework.

It will also be expensive (in staff time) to reuse content in other books or provide that content is a usable form to licensees.

While CE courses are invaluable for ensuring all pets across the country receive the best possible veterinary care, it can be difficult for staff members to find the time to take them, and courses can be expensive.

there was also a complaint of smelly drains in the lower floor bathrooms, and the yoga teacher was crazy expensive: (also, the staff need to bring out all the food, we felt we paid for things but they could have languished in a drawer if we didn't remember to ask for them... Also the staff could be a little better at providing more pool towels more regularly and making the beds whilst guests at breakfast... someiimes we felt that if we didn't ask we would «nt get, eg smothies by the pool, but anything we did ask for was given straight away... But overall the service and food was amazing and we all had a wonderful time.

Working with Virtual Paralegals Pros is faster, more convenient, and less expensive than traditional internal resources or part - time staff.

So you can see that not even counting overhead charges and administrative staff in the building, every hour of court time is hugely expensive.

Hiring additional full - time support staff to help with your growing office or additional caseload can be an expensive endeavor.

Meanwhile, businesses can save on expensive call center employees that only handle one query at a time by using instant messaging support staff that can simultaneously handle multiple angry customers.

Repeated recruitment of permanent staff is also expensive and time consuming.

«A lot of agents realize it becomes more expensive, and they spend too much time doing «staff work» in a high - split / low - service environment,» says Dickson.

It went something like this: hotel check - in, locate room, locate wifi service, attempt connection to wifi, wonder why the connection is taking so long, try again, locate phone, call front desk, get told «the internet is broken for a while», decide to hot - spot the mobile phone because some emails really needed to be sent, go «la la la» about the roaming costs, locate iron, wonder why iron temperature dial just spins around and around, swear as iron spews water instead of steam, find reading glasses, curse middle - aged need for reading glasses, realise iron temperature dial is indecipherably in Chinese, decide ironing front of shirt is good enough when wearing jacket, order room service lunch, start shower, realise can't read impossible small toiletry bottle labels, damply retrieve glasses from near iron and successfully avoid shampooing hair with body lotion, change (into slightly damp shirt), retrieve glasses from shower, start teleconference, eat lunch, remember to mute phone, meet colleague in lobby at 1 pm, continue teleconference, get in taxi, endure 75 stop - start minutes to a inconveniently located client, watch unread emails climb over 150, continue to ignore roaming costs, regret tuna panini lunch choice as taxi warmth, stop - start juddering, jet - lag, guilt about unread emails and traffic fumes combine in a very unpleasant way, stumble out of over-warm taxi and almost catch hypothermia while trying to locate a very small client office in a very large anonymous business park, almost hug client with relief when they appear to escort us the last 50 metres, surprisingly have very positive client meeting (i.e. didn't throw up in the meeting), almost catch hypothermia again waiting for taxi which despite having two functioning GPS devices can't locate us on a main road, understand why as within 30 seconds we are almost rendered unconscious by the in - car exhaust fumes, discover that the taxi ride back to the CBD is even slower and more juddering at peak hour (and no, that was not a carbon monoxide induced hallucination), rescheduled the second client from 5 pm to 5.30, to 6 pm and finally 6.30 pm, killed time by drafting this guest blog (possibly carbon monoxide induced), watch unread emails climb higher, exit taxi and inhale relatively fresher air from kamikaze motor scooters, enter office and grumpily work with client until 9 pm, decline client's gracious offer of expensive dinner, noting it is already midnight my time, observe client fail to correctly set office alarm and endure high decibel «warning, warning» sounds that are clearly designed to send security rushing... soon... any second now... develop new form of nausea and headache from piercing, screeching, sounds - like - a-wailing-baby-please-please-make-it-stop-alarm, note the client is relishing the extra (free) time with us and is still talking about work, admire the client's ability to focus under extreme aural pressure, decide the client may be a little too work focussed, realise that I probably am too given I have just finished work at 9 pm... but then remember the 200 unread emails in my inbox and decide I can resolve that incongruency later (in a quieter space), become sure that there are only two possibilities — there are no security staff or they are deaf — while my colleague frantically tries to call someone who knows what to do, conclude after three calls that no - one does, and then finally someone finally does and... it stops.