S Sundar Rajan, a Bengaluru-based Indian Revenue Service officer, has written a fascinating blog on his completion of 10 years in bureaucracy. He writes: “It all began in Aug 2007. Now I'm in a middle management role which is basically like that of a home maker — no one notices your work, but things could collapse if you weren't around. The peculiarities of the work profile — you do not have much original work to handle, your job is to create an enabling environment to empower your team to deliver extraordinary results within the known limitations of time and resources but you are answerable to many. Basically, others job is your job. I keep exchanging notes with my friends in private organisations, and I draw comfort from the fact that even in those concerns the middle managers are always on the edge.
It has been ten years with the government for me. Number 10 looks nice, and but for the looks there is nothing...