Just more of the same.
From my favorite history of the U.S., “Dave Barry Slept Here”:
This system was very unpopular because it resulted in an unresponsive government filled with overpaid drones and hacks who, no matter how little they did or how badly they did it, could be removed from their jobs only by the unelected bosses.
The result of this discontent, the Reform Movement, produced the modern ”Civil Service” system, under which drones and hacks can be removed only by nuclear weapons.
Civil Service was supposed to be a meritocracy I worked for the state of Cal for 28 years and I don’t know whether to be angry or just laugh it off.