those guys are drowning, not waving.. they've gone past the
stage of running to stand still, they're sprinting so that they
will not go backwards that quickly...
yes, where i work, there are sections which are insanely
overworked.. and the bosses just keep up with that mantra of
"innovation to improve" and then tell them that "no additional
manpower" will be provided...
from what i have found out, some policies have caused the sheer
volume to increase about 400%
and worse is, we're getting a lot of crap which has to be sieved
out because of the stupid policies.. where in the past, the
filtering process was relatively easy, due to these policies, there
is a lot more to be done for each case.. add that the increase in
workload and no increase in manpower, something has to give.. and
it won't be the bosses..
what my section is doing now is to alleviate some of their load by
taking away the BS work like "making posters for public education"
from them so they can concentrate on their work..
however, the bosses just replace that with something else just as
idiotic... and more work is generated... no value is added..
oh well.. let's see what i can do.. i'll give a reply they don't
want to see and just tell them that if they want to continue, we
will do it but it is a bad idea... i've done my due diligence by
doing what the boss there didn't want to see...
no good deed goes unpunished 
