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Re:Federal workers ordered to return to offices without desk... by everdrive on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @09:03AM (#43254721)
I'm starting to think the "government is inefficient" folks have never actually worked in any corporate job. I've worked in two companies since I left the federal government 5-10 years ago, and both were significantly less efficient, and less effective than the federal agency I worked for. I'm sure that's not _always_ true, but it just seems like any large organization full of people is difficult to keep efficient.
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Re:Federal workers ordered to return to offices without desk... by stvltvs on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @09:49AM (#43255369)
Same experience. The "government = inefficient" propaganda has been repeated ad infinitum for decades so that now it feels like a law of nature to people. My experience is however that every large org is inefficient in its own unique way, no matter which sector.
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Re:Federal workers ordered to return to offices without desk... by onlyrealcuzzo on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @11:04AM (#43256467)
It's parroted by people who see the government as "inefficient" at generating profit, not as inefficient at providing a service.

Why should plebs be entitled to clean water without an 80% margin?

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Re:Federal workers ordered to return to offices without desk... by consteval on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @10:50PM (#43262511)
Profit in it of itself is an inefficiency. It's a bandaid for the fundamental problems of the private sector. The fact the public sector isn't burdened by a requirement to make profit isn't a downside, it's a super power.
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Re:Federal workers ordered to return to offices without desk... by onlyrealcuzzo on Wednesday March 05, 2025 @11:49AM (#43269079)
It's only a super power if you're buying those services instead of providing them for a profit (99.9%).

It's anathema if you're competing against someone who doesn't need to make a profit - when you're trying to make an 80% monopolistic margin (0.1%).

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Re:Federal workers ordered to return to offices without desk... by everyone on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @09:06AM (#43254754)
That's my experience too.. When the public sector wastes something its an error. For a corp, its business as usual. As long as number-goes-up it doesnt matter to them what they are doing.
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