The civil service is downsized but with strong unions there is a greater
degree of job security. (They are often left in place since someone has to
carry out the work of elected officials) Since the bureacrats can't be
shuffled out of sight, they are left in place, tolerated. In an environment
of indifference, morale is affected. A corrosive sort of estrangement
seems to affect many.
If the dominant mood in the private sector is anxiety, the public sector
seems to be affected by anomie.
arthur cordell
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From: Jim Dator
To: Cordell, Arthur: DPP
Cc: futurework; Victor Milne
Subject: RE: civil service
Date: Thursday, October 29, 1998 12:23PM
Arthur, et al., I find the argument for dispirited civil servants rings
true for Hawaii as well as the points on either side.
But I do have a question: since the private sectors employees are
downsized with even greater frequency and ease than the public workers,
are those in the private sectors similarly, or even more, dispirited?
