Thanks for the reply GW,I worked for awhile as an Industrial Engineer doing efficiency studies and teaching work simplification and motion economy techniques to management and employee groups, as well as conducting studies of my own.
I can attest first hand that it isn't a popular profession and that I wasn't uniformly loved and respected.
Those who hated me most of course was those whose ox was being gored, and those who most feared critique.
Things sometimes turned ugly with not only attacks on me as the messenger, but on fellow managers employees, trying to throw them under the bus and hold on to more of their own.
The truth in business is that sometimes you have to reduce staff to stay in business and protect the remaining staff. It is more cost effective to remove low performers and hold on to those carrying those low performers
What we see Elon's task force doing besides simply auditing line by line for corruption and waste, is asking a long list of work simplification questions starting with what is being done, and why is it being done.
Fear of public exposure of those results are fearful to some whose ox's are being gored.
So many Irish have replicated your method of extraction techniques my good man..
It's a pleasure to meet you..
Give me a bit to reply, the house is manic...