A CFO-certified guide to reducing costs in ways that technically work, emotionally don’t, and culturally devastate.
During a company cookout, the CFO returned from the grill holding two hot dogs in one bun.
Every “optimization” increases savings and reduces trust.
This framework was born that day.
Convert employees into fractional headcount units. Layoffs are now “rounding corrections.”
Engineers reserve monitors in 30‑minute blocks. Idle pixels are waste.
Restrooms are centralized. Walking builds character.
No chairs provided. Standing meetings end faster.
Each team receives one keyboard. Collaboration increases by force.
Add 14 mandatory fields. Employees stop submitting expenses entirely.
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Estimated morale impact: Acceptable (until next quarter)
All cost optimizations reviewed internally by finance.
Legal has been looped in via CC.
Not immediately. Exit interviews take time.
It saves confidence.
Because culture is expensive.