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>>"How do proponents of govt run services and production units address this core flaw. I've asked many people but have never gotten a good response. " You are
by RobertoG 5y ago
>>"How do proponents of govt run services and production units address this core flaw. I've asked many people but have never gotten a good response. "
You are assuming two things that are not true. First, that this always happen in public services. That's false.
Second that this kind of thing doesn't happen in private companies. That's false too. For instance, I have worked in a big private company where some very well payed executives (a lot better payed than the guy in this article) dedicated all their time and effort to office politics. In my personal opinion, in some cases, it would have be better for the company if they just stayed home.
How do you address this? Like everything in society: you create a system of check and balances and work hard to keep them in place.
- lliamander 5y agoI my experience working for both government organizations and large private ones, the problem is noticeably worse and more pervasive in the government.
- goatinaboat 5y agothe problem is noticeably worse and more pervasive in the government The hard limit on it in a private company is it going bust but there is no such constraint in the public sector
- RobertoG 5y agoI have asked myself about this calculation sometimes. If a lot of private companies go bust, we compare governments that not go bust with the surviving companies. In terms of resources wasted, how the inefficient of public services would fare against the resources spend in all the companies, not only the surviving ones? It's something I have never read about, I don't know if some work has been done on this.
- granshaw 5y agoI don’t think we should be lumping those not showing up to work at ALL together with those who do participate but in a harmful, egocentric (whatever) way One is still arguably fulfilling their responsibilities under their employment contract, the other is very blatantly not