The worst I've heard is what only recently happened to NSW public servant Jenny West. She went for a role as a trade commissioner to NY for the Australian NSW s

The worst I've heard is what only recently happened to NSW public servant Jenny West. She went for a role as a trade commissioner to NY for the Australian NSW state government. She apparently met all the requirements, completely convincing them to hire her as she had bucketloads of experience in the private and public sector. They actually told her that she had the job, so she immediately started to arrange things for a move. Two weeks later, her boss in Investments NSW, Amy Brown, told her that the position had been rescinded as it was a "cabinet process" - which it never turned out to be - and it was given to the former politician who created the original roles in the first place! Eventually, it came out that Amy Brown told her it was a "gift" for someone else. On top of this she was not able to return to her job as deputy secretary of Investment NSW - West had been made redundant! Right now there are serious claims of corruption. It blew up in the politician's faces and John Barilaro who got the job over West was forced to resign from the position.