It wasn't intended to be mean. I meant it more in the sense that they seem hire permanent staff more to manage existing services rather than do the more "challe

It wasn't intended to be mean. I meant it more in the sense that they seem hire permanent staff more to manage existing services rather than do the more "challenging" green field work – which they seem to typically outsource to external agencies and contractors. Generally the skillsets are a little different and you tend to need less senior roles for the former. But that might just my experience working on public contracts. Also, just as a side point, I sometimes struggle to understand how to say things sensitively, I think because I'm not the spectrum. However I seem to get very distressed when I do hurt people compared to the average person. Thanks for calling me out here though, I'll try to think more about how I word things.