Comment by happyopossum
5 months ago
> resources were denied or otherwise withheld between teams as a part of internal competition, service to the organisation was routinely forgotten or ignored, and changes in direction seemed to occur every quarter, if not every month.
Government funded
Loosely defined goals
Little oversight
No accountability
Yup, given the inputs, your description checks out.
In my experience, this happens at bad private-sector organisations as well. An asp is an asp, even when it's taxpayer-funded.
Private-sector organisations aren't wasting tax money. They're mis-spending their own money.
Government contracts (ultimately tax money) are the primary way a lot of companies get their money, though. You don't sell fighter aircraft or massive rockets to the public. Even a lot of AI companies like Palantir primarily serve the government.
They love to waste government funds too when they can get their hands on some.
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