I signed up to serve the public and actually make things better for people. Instead I spend my days waiting on approvals, routing memos, and watching good ideas die in committee. The idealism I walked in with is wearing thinner every month, ground down by a system that seems built to move as slowly as possible.
More people experience this than they realize.
The slow grind of bureaucracy is wearing down the idealism you came in with.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.