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Originally Posted by fotze
That reads like you were the salesguy who lost out on the commission on selling the new piece of equipment. 
My experience working for the government was waste through the hiring of "consultants" to do absolutely brutal "studies". They ranged from old friend/chronies hired for junk that went nowhere to respected research houses who would hold their nose while collecting the fees and the only conclusions reached were 'need more study'.
Building was full of giant binders full of printed pages of the data we gave them with a two page conclusion in the front.
Embarassing. |
The government is famous for having 4 times as many managers per employee as private firms yet they still are unable to make decisions, instead preferring to outsource everything and, if possible, avoid any and all responsibilities. And of course we are all aware the public service has expanded enormously over the past decade, with government employees growing at twice the rate of the population!
It's yet another example of why downsizing government is important. Cut the fat and let the good employees shine instead of drowning them in bureaucracy and cronyism.