Whether the job is respected/well paid, or whether the wait times are long, is orthogonal to whether they’re a painful experience. Every comment I’ve heard abo

Whether the job is respected/well paid, or whether the wait times are long, is orthogonal to whether they’re a painful experience. Every comment I’ve heard about European government offices is that, yes, they’re functional, but you have to be very organized, great at following directions, and super deferential, or they’ll send you down a bureaucratic hellhole.