On: Consultants: the real reason it costs so much to b...

[peyton]

Gov’t jobs often require due process to dismiss. This can involve steps that are almost impossible to fail. They also often have a probationary period. It’s cool that Germany does things differently.

[Teever → peyton]

I don't believe that the US Federal government can't lay people off.

[crimsoneer → Teever]

Quite. What they generally mean is they have managers that are too incompetent or too temporary to do the work to get rid of people.