Still true today.

[Ahamay]

''We trained hard, but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams we would be reorganised.
I was to learn later on in life that we meet any new situation by reorganising and a wonderful method it can be for
creating the illusion of progress, while producing confusion, inefficiency and demoralisation.''
Caius Petronius AD 66

 

[owl*]

He just described the police service in the 20th & 21st centuries.

 

[Shawn K]

He just described the police service in the 20th & 21st centuries.

Accurately describes political expansion, too.

 

[Firstpeke]

After a particular set of redundancies whilst I was in the Royal Navy, someone put a notice up on the squadron notice board which said:

"Would the last person to leave the Royal Navy please put the lights out".

Followed not long after by a newspaper cutting which was an advert which encouraged young folk to :

"Join the modern Navy".....

Many of use were tempted to ask for a transfer....

The OP statement was actually on one of the bulkheads in poster form in our guided weapons sight workshop!