Every day I feel more convinced that bureaucracy is rarely about submission of information and more about being a barrier and a pain in the ass.
@matt5sean3 well most importantly keep in mind that bureaucracy is about individual employees trying to maintain their relevance so they can keep getting paid for what they do.
Whether it is about submission of information or being a pain in the ass is really secondary. It's about that person at that keyboard trying to remain relevant and keep their job.
Seeing as I got laid off, I clearly did not fabricate enough superfluous bureaucracy.
@matt5sean3 sorry to hear that, and yeah, I know a few people who have been laid off because they tried to do the right thing instead of playing the game.
I don't know if that's your story too, but it definitely happens.
@volkris
Eh, from what I can tell it was just a case of the company not running the budget right.
Much bureaucracy is just automated shoving data into a backend table now, so it's not clear to me that it often keeps that many people employed.