alt Hacker News> public service employees tend to be huge slackers
Why is that so? I’ve seen it in literally every single country I’ve had to deal with the authorities across Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
Even in countries we like to call progressive (eg Finland, Estonia) the public service workers are so much slower than their compatriots in the private sector. (Even though they are still much faster than the lethargic dinosaurs you meet in Germany)
Lack of competition, governments get money (almost) regardless of how shit they are. It really kills incentive when the money shows up no matter what.
When a project falls through in the private sector, it can be existential for the workers or at least make their lives difficult in the future (anyone who has worked for a cash constrained business knows it just generally sucks).
When a "project" falls through in the government, oh well, see ya tomorrow.