Heavy at the top March 16, 2021 Are the government departments in the country overstaffed? While the beneficiaries of overstaffing consider it a boon for themselves, taxpayers feel dismayed over the waste of their tax money. Employing more officials and workforce than needed to carry out a certain workload amounts to being unfair to the taxpayers. Taxpayers would happily pay their taxes if they felt their hard-earned money was spent in the right direction and for the right causes. Our government organisations, including administrative departments, are over-employed. With time, they turn top-heavy despite the fact that there is no proportionate increase in the workload. The functioning of certain departments is more visible because of the nature of their duty. Let’s consider the Motorway Police that the BBC once commented was professional and performed their duties efficiently. The level of their performance seems to have gone down lately.