And the same structure prevents accountability, promotes political infighting and causes a misalignment of objectives all around. I hated every single minute of working inside such organizations.

The elephant in the room is that there has to be a level of tension, of slight mutual discomfort, of a bilateral transaction present in employer-employee relationship. It needs to be very dull and implied but it has to be there to make sure incentives are aligned and objectives are consistently met.

Tenured public service and unions show what might happen when this inconvenient element is missing.