Well, the message has been repeated quite clearly for some time now and I'm sure that company managers either don't read these posts or couldn't give a toss.
The message......? "You get what you pay for"
If you want a check to be "on time and under budget" and high quality, you pay the money and get the BEST people.....AND you support them.
It never ceases to amaze me to see high cost projects start up and then have the value eroded away by poor staff selection whatever the category. Then the compounding effect of "band aid management" undermines the morale of those left followed by staff reductions and shutdown.