[Blasterlord2]

Got to face reality. When you are old, you are unwanted. All the hogwash about wanting to tap on their experience won't help if there are simply so many advantages hiring younger staff compared to older ones. Cheaper salary, less likelihood of ossification etc. The truth is, many old folks like to 倚老卖老, refusing to make changes but preferring status quo. With these people around things won't improve.

The reason why our civil service is stagnant and slow to react is because these old timers have been there for too long. They are so comfortably ensconced in their positions that they know that they don't need to do much real work to get paid a decent salary. When LKY was helming the govt, at least he'll pressure them to keep working on solutions but not now. Our civil service seems to be working on auto-cruise mode now.

To improve, we need to "drain the swamp", as what Trump has said.