(02-21-2025, 10:34 AM)Jag149 Wrote: If the government is going to endow us with a bonus refund then I will take it as a matter of course. What I really want is the savings and an efficient execution going forward by our government. This is actually normal for old large corporations.

There is no evil here this is just a turnaround of a failing business is all. Over the years they devolve into a collection of fiefdoms ruled by self serving middle managers (bureaucrats in government) These people start out with good intentions and become entitled as they embed into the "system".  Many successful large corporations understand this and allow very few to manage a department for more than 5-7 years. Sure they will have a few PIP's (pros in position) for continuity but not a lot and certainly not the head person.

They lose the mission of serving the customers believing they get to decide or know better.
They resist change as that makes them uncomfortable and threatens their ultimate control.
Processes degrade and become inefficient and outdated.
They begin "picking" winners and losers. A good old boy system.
They begin spending money in ways that does not support their mission.
They begin supplying services they should not and the customers do not want.

The government needs to take a lesson from this.