JONNY STEINBERG: How to deal with disgruntled workplace incompetents
Tyranny of the incompetent over the talented who are attacked and forced secretly to turn to machines
14 March 2025 - 05:00
During the course of January, I talked to as many SA senior public servants as were prepared to give me their time. Some worked in large national departments, others in various provinces. From these interviews came a troubling story that recurred several times.
I am going to tell one of those stories, protecting my source by being vague. Suffice it to say that she is a woman in a senior managerial role in a large provincial department somewhere in SA. ..
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