My sister works with an engineer who used to process patents in PTO. She could get her two-week work quota done in one week. So she did and totally goofed off during week #2.
In the private sector, there is always more work than you can possibly get done.
"Well, I did as much as I did last week, so I guess that's all I have to do."
“In the private sector, there is always more work than you can possibly get done”
Agree until self-serving bureaucracies set in as the organization becomes too large and enters the ‘diminishing returns’ or ‘negative economies of scale’ phases. At that point, they tend to stick around by regulating the competition out of business through political contributions or directly feeding at the gov’t trough.
Corporations, in particular, are susceptible to being overleveraged and effectively looted of working capital or having it all shipped overseas, with customers, everyday shareholders, employees, and the overall economy being left holding the bag.
True private free enterprise companies are WAY less susceptible to bureaucracy - but they are becoming rarer as influence peddling has simply grown out of control.