You must be somebody who's never had to remove an underperforming colleague on a public project. What happens is that they get promoted to another team, or put

You must be somebody who's never had to remove an underperforming colleague on a public project. What happens is that they get promoted to another team, or put on a project that has absolutely no future, and everyone knows it. Why is it difficult to remove people? Because in the old days, newly elected executives would clear out the civil service and hire or contract with people that supported their election campaign.