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I work as a contractor - mainly to government and my experience is that at least 50% of people in the public sector are there purely to keep people in employmen
by fungiblecog 5y ago
I work as a contractor - mainly to government and my experience is that at least 50% of people in the public sector are there purely to keep people in employment. They serve no useful purpose, and mainly create made up work for each other.
I also do very little that is useful despite bringing a great deal of skill. If they cared to ask me what I think, I would be happy to explain why all the things they get me to do are a waste of time. I’d also be more than happy to suggest some simple things they could do that would actually be useful.
- tonyedgecombe 5y agoBig companies are the same, that problem isn't restricted to the private sector.
- HPsquared 5y agoThe difference is, (until recently) inefficient private companies could go bankrupt.
- pharmakom 5y agoHave you considered that you might not have enough visibility into what they do to be able to judge? Obviously the percentage of useless work is >0% but you are just throwing numbers around.
- PakistaniDenzel 5y agoAs someone who has worked a bullshit cyber security job in government, I will say 50% is a conservative estimate. Our team had 9 people in it: 1 manager, 6 junior-mid level engineers and 2 senior engineers. The only ones that did any actual work were the senior engineers. The junior-mid engineers literally did nothing for months on end. The manager would disappear all week only to turn up on Friday mornings to give "corporate update" presentations to the team.
- littlestymaar 5y agoFrom my own experience, it's not so much about keeping people in employment and more about manager maintaining oversized teams because the size of your team is a status symbol.
- jl6 5y agoWhat do you do that you think is a waste of time?
- hathym 5y agomaybe an agile consultant? :)