Russia (bbabo.net), - Is there a table of ranks today? Oh sure! Civil servants, like three centuries ago, are ranked vertically. You can no longer earn hereditary nobility, but there are duties and privileges - for each rank.

In the highest positions - "actual state advisers of the Russian Federation", in the middle - "advisers" and "referents" of various classes, and in the lower, ordinary - "secretaries of the civil service". All of them are called "class ranks", and, as before 1917, they have analogues in power structures. If your relative is a real state adviser of the 3rd class, then know that you have a whole "major general" in front of you ...

What does the ranking table do? Builds a hierarchy within the state apparatus. Today it has 15 steps, and the whole life of an employee can be to climb as high as possible. Advantages? This is a social elevator.

You may be from a low-income family or born in a remote corner of the country, but thanks to your talents and skills, you can break through to the top of the gospyramids. It is difficult for even the most influential families to stay at the top already in the 3rd - 4th generations.

What about problems? You can serve for the sake of ranks, you can jump over steps with cunning. By birthright, you can get the undeserved. Such hierarchies are inherently conservative. They can create a "nomenklatura class", with their own interests, different from what society needs. They may experience negative managerial selection.

Civil servants, as well as three centuries ago, are ranked

Well, no human being is perfect. The truth, perhaps, is to keep the "report card" in order, using its best sides. So set it up so that the goal of the "class officials" was uncompromising service to the people. An excellent tool, by the way, is this "report card" when used for the most rapid development of society.

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