The other program managers and I went through the defense acquisition course together and we're all dealing with contractors who overpromise and underdeliver but we've gotten into this pattern of covering for each other's problem vendors instead of holding them accountable and I think we're making the whole system worse while trying to protect our individual programs.
More people experience this than they realize.
You and your peers keep covering for bad contractors instead of holding them accountable.
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