It's endearing that you think the private sector is better.

If you think it's bad now wait a few years to see the after-effects of the current wokeness, LBGTQ, racial inequality, and other corporate bullshit.

“Ever get the feeling youre surrounded by stupid / lazy/ incompetent people?”

Every damn day…….I work in a Prison!

I'm not really aware of anywhere where you can't find people that "failed up".
And by "failed up" I mean people moving around in a company or whatever, with ever decreasing workloads, just so someone/division/department can get rid of them.

Perhaps smaller companies that can't afford to keep slackers or f'ups...

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Originally posted by 46and2:
It's endearing that you think the private sector is better.

It's a lot better than the public sector. I've met way too many people working public sector that could never make it in the private sector.

I attended a leadership seminar many years ago where the instructor referred to them as "operational bastards". I have not heard a better term. I had a general once say that your people are A's, B's, and C's. A's carry most of the weight, B's march along and do what's asked, and you are going to get some C's, but it's best to avoid them.

All quality of service or work is determined by Recruitment, Selection, Training, and Discipline (positive or negative). Cut corners on any of those and you pay a price. Use the Chick Fil A personnel model and you get superior service.

Go to Amazon Books and get a copy of the “The Peter Principal”, it will explain everything even our present Administration in Washington.

A close and good friend told me this of the main branch employees at a big city municipal library where she worked as volunteer coordinator:

10% of the people did 90% of the work. Of the 90%, some would sit at their desks reading magazines all day. Completely ignore any request to complete a task. And were not bothered, as anything they did would become FUBAR.

Once you're in, past the 3-months or whatever, it is virtually impossible to get fired.

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Originally posted by Flash-LB:

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Originally posted by 46and2:
It's endearing that you think the private sector is better.

It's a lot better than the public sector. I've met way too many people working public sector that could never make it in the private sector.

Look at the employees leaving government buildings and corporate buildings at quitting time. The misfits to mainstream ratio difference between them is pretty obvious.

I keep seeing the thread title pop up and thinking "It's more than a feeling..."

The stories I could tell from my 25+ years in I.T. and my years in software design and engineering before that...

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Originally posted by Flash-LB:

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Originally posted by 46and2:
It's endearing that you think the private sector is better.

It's a lot better than the public sector.

Perhaps, but I can think of four or five things, right off the top of my head, that I personally witnessed in the private sector, that were mind-bogglingly brain-dead. I mean egregiously stupid.

Adios,

Pizza Bob