How Bureaucracy Works in 58 Seconds

Clip from Ford v Ferrari.

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[lanefunai]

The bureaucracy must expand to meet the demands of the growing bureaucracy.

[MrMLHoganjr]

He just summarized every workplace with more than 2 people in it.

[BaronVonMott]

"We don't measure by results, we measure by activity."

[cliffhamrickwrites]

I've worked at a few state agencies. I can say that if you work at any kind of bureaucracy for at least a year, then you become one of two people: Leslie Knope who believes that 'the system' will solve everything, or Ron Swanson who knows that it only creates problems for it to solve just to continue its existence.

[robertlehnert]

Pournelle 's (Jerry) Iron Law of Bureaucracy: "While any institution may begin with the majority of its members working for the stated goals, over time, the institution will be dominated more and more by people whose sole concern will be the perceived status of the organization".

[Snowie]

There's nothing a drone resents more than a person with autonomy and creativity.

[markusfreund]

"The purpose of bureaucrats is to prevent people with a purpose from fulfilling said purpose -- at least until the bribes have arrived" -- Douglas Adams in "Last Chance To See", quoted from memory.

[pepleatherlab]

The irony is that Henry Ford faced the wall of federal bureaucracy multiple times and was denied the ability to form a car company. It wasn't until after the anti-trust monopoly trials that he was 'allowed' to create one, ...then immediately purchased regulation to close the door behind him.

[majisjon]

I remeber working in one company, some 10 years ago and they wanted to implement scrum, with sprints and everthing. There was one piece of metric that everyone from management was obsesed with -> burndown chart. Basically you plan some work for two weeks and make commitment to do it. If you do, your burndown chart will look good. But after a couple of months, project become secondary, we had issues that clients wanted resolved, but nobody wanted they burndown chart messed. Project deterioated beyond saving, but our metrics were perfect.

[canadiancontent]

They hate him because he refuses to sell out like they did

[joshyc]

Reminds me of the saying

"A camel is a horse built by comittee"

[kevinlewis]

Im not really a fast car guy, but this film was great.

[rvkice]

There is a chinese saying that goes like; "The bureucracy is expanding, to meet the needs of the expanding bureucracy."

[santaclause]

It's a state of mind that's more widespread than one would imagine and I'm not just talking about bureaucrats.

[brianhockin]

Everyone that produces has to have a licence from someone that produces nothing, and now multiple licences from people who produce Nothing!?

[MartinezHQ]

Very accurate. I’ve built two successful businesses, and I’ve been fired from every corporate job I’ve ever had. There is just no places for real leaders in corporate environments.

[Vidhur]

This entire movie was so good. One of those rare movies I watched twice in a short time.

[daverage]

Its very true. Did an interview for the civil service this week. The second I started talking about showing initiative & embracing change, they shut me down and basically told me I wasn't getting the job. Fuck em! Better off for it! ;)

[krashd]

"It's easier to crush an idea than it is to change a company so bureaucrats will always take the path of least resistance." - Me, just now.

[benevolencia]

Management Rule No. 1
Nothing is impossible that others must do.

Labor Rule No.1
Never waste a sick day being sick.