It's very clear that there are things that are missing. Again, there's the glass ceiling because of the regional distribution. There are people who would not be willing to move to the national capital to move up in the ranks. The pay scale is far behind that of our private counterparts, so you really have to make a decision at the beginning. There is the Phoenix pay system, of course, so even if we could hire people into a good job, not knowing whether they are going to be able to be paid properly is a huge barrier right now. The government's being more reliant and spending more money on outside contracts for IT than on its own IT workers internally is also sending a silent message to our workers that they are not valued and that the government would much rather go outside to get the work done.
On January 30th, 2023. See this statement in context.