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Why does the government repeatedly hire incompetent people?? They pay crazy amounts of money for it too. I hope there is a very public investigation into this.
by k-mcgrady 13y ago
Why does the government repeatedly hire incompetent people?? They pay crazy amounts of money for it too.
I hope there is a very public investigation into this. We are losing privacy every day now and this is one area of our lives that needs to remain private at all costs. There is very little I can see to gain and lots to lose from losing privacy in health. Especially in a public system like the NHS.
- bananas 13y agoBecause they're all part of the old boys network. No other reason.
- collyw 13y agoSad but seems to be true.
- cjrp 13y agoThe government doesn't hire them, it contracts the work out to consulting firms... who in turn hire incompetent people.
- easyfrag 13y agoI think there's 2 reasons: Often times the services are contracted out and those contracts are often subject to "lowest bid wins" rules. It is very difficult to judge a quality like competence especially when there's differing interpretations of purchasing legislation involved. The other reason is that it is often difficult to fire people in the public sector. I believe it to be due to the impact of unions, which will protect even the most egregious offender out of principle. This builds a culture around being hard to get rid of people, even if it is a non-union position the HR process of dismissal is often the same. For example public bodies often have a lot of employee supports (Employee Assistance programs,etc) and before you dismiss anyone you must allow them to avail of these supports.