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The gears of our administration seem to have taken on a Kafkaesque turn, where the highest degree of absurdity is merely a daily routine. Who are the victims? Well, surprisingly, they are the leaders of these very administrations!
The daily life of our leaders has transformed into facing an inextricable bureaucratic labyrinth, where the rules, sometimes absurd, are the only thread of Ariadne they must follow. Yet, every new illumination on these rules seems to make them more nebulous, more impenetrable. Even the most experienced managers find themselves wandering the halls of administrative complexity, desperately seeking an exit from their own creation.
The most irrefutable proof is the testimony of one of the leaders of a large public institution, who, under the cover of anonymity, stated: “It is ironic to see how the system we established to ensure order and efficiency has become a tangle of counterproductive procedures and superfluous protocols. Sometimes, I feel like a hamster in a wheel – constantly running but getting nowhere.”
The scenario is no different for other high-ranking officials. It is not uncommon to see administrators spending a significant part of their day navigating through forms, reports, and protocols, while they could focus on more important tasks. The ability to understand their own systems has become a real feat that requires years of practice and an encyclopedic knowledge of regulations.
What is even stranger is that this inextricable situation seems to be accepted as the norm. Unfortunately, the bureaucratic labyrinth has become so deeply rooted in our administrative system that even those who attempt to simplify it end up becoming its victims. There is something profoundly Kafkaesque in this paradox, where the established order breeds chaos, and where those who are supposed to master it end up being imprisoned by it.
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