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You know what? GOV.UK used to be an amazing team. I mean, seriously, some top talent and a really productive team. They did a remarkable job of understanding th
by moomin 6y ago
You know what? GOV.UK used to be an amazing team. I mean, seriously, some top talent and a really productive team. They did a remarkable job of understanding the art of the possible and writing clear guides that ordinary people could understand.
And then the rest of the civil service and the government saw its brand reputation as a resource to be used much the same way that slash and burn farmers view the Amazon. Most of the great teams left. Much of their material is still there, but it's not growing.
So yeah, that's why.
- pkaye 6y ago> And then the rest of the civil service and the government saw its brand reputation as a resource to be used much the same way that slash and burn farmers view the Amazon. Can you give some examples so I can understand?
- acoard 6y agoI'm not sure what you're implying here. Are you saying the employees got poached to better paying jobs in other government departments?
- moomin 6y agoSadly no, more that inferior projects got foisted onto the gov.uk website and the actual project got defunded. The employees I know went back to private enterprise (and yes, made much more money).
- toyg 6y agoWhat I heard through the grapevine was that the end of the Coalition government and Cameron’s resignation basically meant the GDS team lost their protection.
- moomin 6y agoThat tracks. It was absolutely bizarre to watch a successful, apolitical ongoing project like that get ruined.
- tiew9Vii 6y agoIf I remember correctly I saw an interview with one of the original people leading up gov.uk. It came across one of the frustrations was gov.uk is a long term product, governments switch and their leaders switch every few years as do the priorities so it’s hard to work with a long term roadmap.