The 'Public Service' YOU Pay For . . . the Way It REALLY Works Up the Top of the Tree

Imagine you're an investigator for the Office of the Ombudsman. And imagine you're especially hopeless at your job.

So imagine you're probably going to end up getting fired. Which takes a particularly high level of utter incompetence to achieve in the New Zealand Public Service.

Now imagine - knowing your fate, as you do - that all you have to do, to end up in an even better  paid, more senior  position in the good ol' "public service", is to make sure you're even more incompetent by err, well, maybe not being able to find all  the facts that incriminate a government agency that's been the subject of public complaints. You know, like, hypothetically speaking, maybe the Ministry of Social Development . . . or something like that.

Just hypothetically speaking, you understand.

Now imagine - continuing on with our completely imaginary, hypothetical example - that, by complete and fortuitous coincidence, a spot up the top of the tree in the Ministry of Social Development - maybe somewhere near the Minister's suite - just happens to open up.

Exceptional timing! Got to love a good coincidence.

It's called moving up the ladder . . . the New Zealand Public Service way.

Very effective. Very strategic. What's not to love about it? If you're the investigator or the Ministry (or the Minister).

But to be able to pull off this strategy, you have to be a master at the 5Ds.

What are the 5Ds, you ask? They're here:  How Wellington REALLY Works: The '5 Ds' 

You'll find it a most enlightening read.

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COMING SOON:

I'm investigating the actions of two senior staff members of the Levin office of the Ministry of Social Development, for what appears to be a case of falsification of evidence to a hearing. It appears (to be confirmed) that Minister Louise Upston had knowledge of the matter but refused to take any action.



More as it comes to light.