Inefficiency at work

[MrsGorilla]

I've been away for a while because I actually HAVE been working. We are migrating a bunch of servers to a new server farm. (Right next to the funny farm, I'm beginning to think...). A couple of days ago I discovered that I was a heretic.

I was working through a problem with my DBA and my network engineer. We were humming along, getting things done, exchanging e-mails. About that time, our micro-brain micro-manager called a meeting because all these e-mails concerned him.

Seems that we aren't allowed to make progress in a project without a government manager blessing it.

Which means that, like the participants of the Albigensian heresy, I'm currently apostate.

Can't talk to God without a priest. Can't make progress without a manager to slow you down.

DAMN I hate this place sometimes.

Geez that sounds so familiar. Of course, I work for the local gov't here, none of that national level crap. Our mayor, who has been in office a mere two years, promised to make us more efficient by running us "like a business" instead of a government. Now that we are being run "like a business" there is more red tape and it takes 3 times as long to get anything done. Our users have noticed that our level of service has decreased. Now, they are separating us into buckets, server people, database people, apps people, and desktop people. So, if we need to create a network share for something, rather than just taking the 3 minutes it takes to do it, we have to open a helpdesk call, have it sent to the server people (since we no longer have control over our own servers), they have to enter a line in the "change management" form, that has to be approved by an upper level manager, and then the network share is created. Does that sound like government progress or what?

Speaking of which, our mayor brought in 3 new upper level management people at a combined salary of approx. half a million a year, to help us along. Yeah, things are sooooo much better now than they were before.

 

[ajetrumpet]

Our mayor, who has been in office a mere two years, promised to make us more efficient by running us "like a business" instead of a government. Now that we are being run "like a business" there is more red tape and it takes 3 times as long to get anything done.

For some reason, this sounds familiar...

Now, they are separating us into buckets, server people, database people, apps people, and desktop people. So, if we need to create a network share for something, rather than just taking the 3 minutes it takes to do it, we have to open a helpdesk call, have it sent to the server people (since we no longer have control over our own servers), they have to enter a line in the "change management" form, that has to be approved by an upper level manager, and then the network share is created.

Well, that process is better than you losing your job, don't ya think?

Does that sound like government progress or what?

Actually, that sounds to me like the only smart thing the government has ever done. They are doing a hell of a job staving off the job elimination that can happen through the use of computers. I'll have to give them that kind of credit (they certainly deserve it). Ever thought of it like that? I guess everybody will have to keep their "intelligence" in check. That's what you're going to have to sacrifice to keep your job (or so it seems). Which do you want? (hmmm...tough choice).

 

[MrsGorilla]

That's what you're going to have to sacrifice to keep your job (or so it seems). Which do you want? (hmmm...tough choice).

Oh well, maybe I'll win the lottery and then I won't have to worry about it any longer.

 

[ajetrumpet]

Stick with the 100 Mil. Powerball, Cindy. Pulltabs won't get you anywhere.

 

[MrsGorilla]

Stick with the 100 Mil. Powerball. Pulltabs won't get you anywhere Cindy.

I just know I'm going to win it this time.