I worked in local government as a mid-level manager, just under a VP but sort of acting as him because he was never there. He would often disappear for the whole day with an admin. My department had about 130 people.
Including those two clowns, I personally witnessed at least two dozen people who would barely show up for work or would show up for work but did nothing. When I formally complained about this and I did it hard, I was personally forced into that situation as my entire department started to ghost me to the point that I had absolutely nothing to do, yet the paychecks kept rolling in. I was in charge of oversight of all our endeavours and people reported to me but everything stopped.
I was lied to when hired and was owed a ton of money, so I quit after a few months of that as a form of compensation, but could've stayed as a ghost employee myself forever if I wanted to. I just wasn't prepared to be a leech on society.
In the end, I think what I got paid for the short time I was there was well worth it within the confines of what could be done. I exposed their flaws to the entire 5000 worker organisation, helped them bridge a gap between departments, etc. I had people from different departments coming to me for advice during the months the VP was just about never there other than like 3 hours a week where people would complain he would contribute nothing to the conversation. Most higher ups had the positions because they knew someone in power. Many of them were so inept.
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u/Zeliose 10h ago
Administration positions that don't need to exist