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My career started in the private sector (corporations). Then I went to academia. Then I went to federal government.
Now, I'm private again, contracting for the government.
In general and in my experience, the least efficient and most wasteful of the bunch is academia - by far, no comparison. But, when they waste with inefficiencies, it's small beans compared to the federal budget. The federal government is quite efficient in some areas, but the number of administrative assistants needed to support those who do actually get work done is crazy - absolutely insane. That is very wasteful and very inefficient. The yearly audits by the federal government on the federal government typically demonstrate the inefficiencies and waste.
The private sector is by far the most efficient and least wasteful. And, for our Marxist comrades out there, that result is completely in line with Marxist theory on workers.
Just my experience and opinion.
You're right. They pay hundreds for a bolt. or thousands for a toilet in an airplane. it's nuts. Well, it's not their money, so what the heck.