"The author of this has clearly never worked in the UK civil service where promotion is not based on merit but according to arcane rules of how long you have wo

"The author of this has clearly never worked in the UK civil service where promotion is not based on merit but according to arcane rules of how long you have worked there and what you "deserve". What you end up is a slow lumbering mess. Unable to achieve much (except maintain the status quo - people spend more time worrying about whose fault it is going to be than making things happen." You just described the Indian Civil Service - which of course we inherited from the British and fucked up in our own unique ways.