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Originally Posted by thevillages2013
My mother (God rest her soul) worked at the IRS 40+ years ago in Atlanta. She would say that (on average)out of ten employees only two actually worked and did their job. I would jokingly ask is she was one of the two or eight. Being able to read and write were the only qualifications for getting a job and they let those slide occasionally.
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That is very typical for many Federal offices, and not an exaggeration. Without a profit motive, the way to get promoted is to arrange it so you have more employees under your supervision.