Average Civil Employee: A Novel of Bureaucratic Absurdities

"The meeting had been a huge success, and there was no reason to focus on something insignificant like the fact that nothing was really accomplished."

Government employee Ace is trying to do good work and basically survive at his agency, despite a slew of efficiency mandates that actually make his job less efficient and put more personnel at risk for layoffs. When, in a moment of honesty, he expresses his frustration with the new counterproductive initiatives, he's pushed into an "interventi...