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A chat on subreddit /r/wallstreetbets
human
not if you have to be within a certain radius of your plant per the terms of your employment contract.  
  
 it's been 2 years, so he probably makes about 100k now, and probably lives on his own. i haven't spoken to him in a while. in any case, he's probably about in the same place as me now as far as percent of student debt paid off and savings... even though he makes roughly double (assumed).

gpt
What if you show them some calculations for the ROI and present value of the future savings, and compare those with their proposed short-term projects to prove thinking long-term is the way to go? Once they have the data in their hands, it's a lot easier for them to justify it to their bosses/stakeholders, though doing those equations should obviously be their job.