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egorfine 4 days ago

> the majority of the people in the bureaucracy want it to be more efficient

and thus be fired?

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rkomorn 4 days ago | parent [-]

Or just actually deliver what people need faster and better?

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egorfine 4 days ago | parent [-]

There are no incentives for that. Bureaucrat will get paid at the end of the month no matter what.

But if said bureaucrat makes its own process more efficient, they might get fired because they are not needed anymore.

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etiam 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

Most bureaucrats are also humans, and not solely or even mainly motivated for their every action by having it rewarded with maximum salary profit.

Plenty of dysfunctional bureaucratic organizations have high rates of occupational burnout and high employee churn due to the stress of repeatedly enforcing policies the employee knows full well are morally reprehensible.

So in real psychology, I claim there's plenty of incentive, even for the majority of people in the organizations.

	▲	egorfine 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		> Most bureaucrats are also humans Not for long. > high rates of occupational burnout and high employee churn See

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potato3732842 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Worse, their boss's (maybe not direct boss, but somewhere up there) prestige, power and career potential directly tracks headcount.

So even if the DMV clerks want it to not suck, management want it to suck.