This happens across all industries. You could argue that it happens more in govt than outside of it.
Ive never understood Why we trust politicians as the middleman between our taxpayer credit card and unions or service providers, like cops. There is complete misalignment in incentives. Why do we pretend that overtime is going to be any different?
it could be police. it could be firefighters. it could be municipal garbage truckers. i dont see "corruption" . i see plain old overtime milking & malfeasance as in any other industry with extremely poor oversight and controls.
It should be a fireable offense. But unions make it hard. That is by design.
Do you think this does not happen in other nyc agencies doing services for taxpayers?
I read a bunch of OT milking + a bunch of @-hole behavior.
Being a knucklehead doesn't make you corrupt.
Then some run-of-the-mill lobbying of unions, as you would find in any large metro with a large govt payroll.
Is there anything else I may have missed ?
do we also say a judge going on vacation is delaying due process ?
Since when is optimal performance a right?
Instead, we have curative actions. That is called firing. The fact that the management structure is failing to do that does not mean anyone is stripped of any rights, except that taxpayers are not getting their money's worth for the services they delegated to bureaucracies.
You are being deliberately daft. Obviously not. The situations aren’t comparable.
Those situations are not comparable.
Personally, I started working when I was 14, and I've never been paid an hour of overtime at any of my service or technology jobs over the course of decades.
You're addressing the least serious criticism.