Thread: Is this bureaucracy, red tape, or....?

I think it is just bureaucracy. I ran across the same sort of thing recently at the local ABC office - they cannot change a light bulb - it needs to be done by a contractor. This is probably because an ordinary employee has not been through the training required!

The same sort of bureaucracy permeates all government departments and increasingly private businesses. In ten or twenty years time it will seem perfectly normal. We hear all the talk about 'multiskilling' but then negate it with this sort of thing. Thankfully I won't be round in twenty years!

John

A private contractor obviously.

The problem is OHS. The reason you can't do certain things is You might hurt yourself. You are not trained to do the simple task. Do I agree no.

Greed, stupidity, backhanders and "government money". People have forgotten that "government money" is actually tax (which is why everyone expects "the government" to pay for everything and then complains when income tax goes up!).

The result is that a replacement sink for our local hospital was priced at $15,000.

The tender system is pointless and corrupt - all the contractors know the expected price, and the favoured contractor is often told his competitors quotes before entering their tender. The project then runs over budget because of "unforeseen circumstances" so the entire tender process was pointless anyway.

Then we have waste due to incompetence - a friend of mine is often paid for an entire day's contracted "earthmoving" for the council, when his machines hour meter might only clock up 30 minutes or so. The rest of his day is spent sitting waiting for the various council workers and managers to sort out what they want done! [Whilst this annoys me, I cannot begrudge him the money because that 30 minutes of work did take the entire day so he couldn't go anywhere else!]

Originally Posted by olbod

A private contractor obviously.

But Robert are we sure that contractor has the right CATegory of license

I used to repair chairs and office furniture in a few government departments.
I would go to different organisations at the request of head office-Sydney-Canberra. most of the furniture was leased and part of the lease was maintenance calls.


when I arrived the chairs would get wheeled out of lock rooms with various forms of tags including employes name or position in the building and repair quotes.


most bigger departments with 20 or more staff there was a office furniture manerger, and you have to be escorted around with chair in-out tallies.

Easiest way to blow out the cost of a job is to put the job out to contract tender.


The overpayed morrons that form the guidelines of most of the tenders I see add in clauses like if the product cant be provided on demand then it is up to the tender winner to pay for the service to be provided.


My employer was payed silly amounts to provide occasional service in Newcastle as the bulk profit would be in larger cities.


We have a contract with a supplier-that is at silly rates, the delivery is daily and free.