In many an office, getting ahead often has little to do with how hard you work. Instead, promotions and good postings go to those who have the right connections-friends, family members, etc. A talented and honest employee can do everything right, but still watch a less capable person move up just because they know someone important. This kind of favoritism breaks a person’s spirit. After a while, the best workers realize that no matter how much effort they put in, they will never get a fair chance. So they start looking for a way out.
On top of favoritism, there is also graft and endless paperwork. In many offices, even simple tasks like clearing a file or getting a signature can take months. The only way to speed things up is…you name it!
For an honest person, this is very frustrating. You either pay unfairly, or you wait forever while your work gets stuck. Good ideas and honest efforts get buried under rules that don’t make sense. Day after day, this tiredness builds up, and working hard feels useless.
Because of all this, many skilled and honest people decide to leave the country. They go to places where hard work is rewarded, where promotions are fair, and where you don’t need to praise anyone to get your job done. Once they leave, their new country benefits from their skills. But their home country loses them forever. This brain drain will keep happening as long as offices stay unfair, slow, and corrupt. The saddest part is that the people who want to serve their own nation are often the ones forced to leave.
Take the recent resignation of a young neurosurgeon. He didn't leave because he lacked skill or passion. He left because he saw patient safety and administrative decisions on the loose.
https://kuenselonline.com/news/jdwnrh-neurosurgeon-resigns-over-patient-safety-concerns
That is not an exaggeration. Speaking the truth is treated like a crime, while those who are bent, you know it... The neurosurgeon’s resignation is not an isolated event. It is just one example of how good, honest people are pushed out every single day.
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