I agree, having only ever worked in non-government jobs, I have seen almost no accountability for my entire career. In fact more often than not, if the company elects to fire someone over a mistake, missed deadline, etc, it has been the wrong person, because management refuse to take any blame.
Additionally, at every privately held company i've worked at, the owner would have 2-10 friends who he kept onboard despite overwhelming incompetence or them refusing to do work entirely.
I don't get where the idea that government is inefficient and private sector is.
Heard a story recently from the private sector where an employee had been secretly sleeping on the job. One day, his scheme was disrupted, not because he was found out, but because someone else was already sleeping in the secret room he'd been using and he had to find somewhere else.
Another time, they discovered someone sleeping on the job in a large bin of soft rags, covered in towels. I find this sort of thing absolutely incredible. Good luck sleeping on the job in small business - you would not last a day.
I think in any large organisation though (public sector included), waste is somewhat inevitable.
Additionally, at every privately held company i've worked at, the owner would have 2-10 friends who he kept onboard despite overwhelming incompetence or them refusing to do work entirely.
I don't get where the idea that government is inefficient and private sector is.