I get that it’s because you need to be elected etc, but why isn’t this a common practise for experts to run and be put in these positions? For example the minister of health should be something along the lines of a doctor or many years of experience in the business of the relevant health service
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Government department leaders are managers. Being an expert in something doesn’t mean you are good at managing other people especially with many layers of separation.
So the people with relevant experience would actually be executives in those fields not the field workers.
But here comes the issue. These people make way more money in the private sector than they would as government employees. Department secretaries make just under 250k. That’s the highest level of government. C-suite position in a major company, which is the closest equivalent, will easily give you 30-40x that compensation.
So you now have to be suspicious of anyone who chooses to go for this lower paying job. Are they trying to help using their expertise, not good enough to get a good job, or are they going to use their position to earn favors from industry and get compensation later.
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