the career path of a Jordanian Government Employee

To Jordanians it is well known the level of inefficiency that public sector's employees project or rather practice. The life of government employees almost always follows the same path:

• disregard any professional education or degrees and focus on recruiting the wasta with the best prospects
• get appointed in a position that is not even remotely related to your qualifications
• get rooted in your new position and start forming alliances and learning the ropes
  
• determine whom to suck up to. this largely dependent on that person's grade (درجة) and that person's position and connections
• Take advantage of the actual reasons behind taking this government job in the first place. all benefits, such as health insurance, social security, كرت الموؤسسة المدنية, and working from 8-2, and spend time during the day taking care of your own business.
• Spend most of the day receiving guests and serving them coffee and tea, reading newspapers and gossiping
  
• Climb السلم الوظيفي درجة درجة, and never work on improving your skills, earning a higher degree, or faithfully and sincerely participating in workshops and training sessions
• strive to earn the most in مياومات by traveling to participate in aimless conferences
  

true stories:

• I knew a guy that worked for GAM. He would arrive in the morning, hang his blazer on his chair, take off to his other job, and come back later in the day to sign out
• I noticed more than once ladies in MoH clinic in Amman بينقروا كوسا or/and knitting
• A math teacher in my high school used to also teach at a private school during official hours