> Alternatively, it might just bump up the salary and bonus of existing employees I am afraid that this won't help. The current employees are already used to t

> Alternatively, it might just bump up the salary and bonus of existing employees I am afraid that this won't help. The current employees are already used to this passive and unchallenged/unchallenging mode of work, giving them a raise will not move the needle. You need (sorry for the Dilbert-ism) a paradigm shift. Either get 10 contractors and they can define a new baseline-speed, or get 1 director, 2-3 managers, 5-10 new staff from the private sector, that they will redefine processes/speed/scope etc. and the existing staff will either have to pick up their pace or slowly be substituted (one-at-a-time). I have seen this happening many times in the private sector when a M&A happens.