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[–] books@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Having worked on both sides. Private industry has the ability to quickly maneuver and change tact.

Imo

[–] foo@programming.dev 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It depends on the industry. Huge publicly traded organizations are basically as bad as government

[–] frezik@midwest.social 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I've peaked inside large private companies. They're no better than public companies. Turns out, being large means you can't move very fast.

[–] books@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Eh, you can quickly create a new division/bureau/area and hire for the new roll and when it doesn't work out you can fire easily. That ain't possible within government where everything is governed by statue or rule