I believe I may have posted this story before, but here goes again. When I started working in civil service with the state of Tennessee, I went around introducing myself to the other workers in my department. One lady was reading a paperback book at her desk and I asked her what her job was and she said she was the assistant to a lady she pointed out to me. That person was the assistant to another lady who was the assistant to the department Commissioner.
In government a supervisor's importance is based on how many subordinates they have, more subordinates mean they are a very important person. It's called empire building. Most government offices are way overstaffed, except the driver's license offices.
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