Introduction: The Snail’s Race to Civil Service
Indonesia, a country known for its rich culture, diverse population, and rapid technological advancements, somehow still manages to maintain an archaic and painfully slow bureaucratic system. The recruitment process for civil servants (ASN) is one of the best examples of this inefficiency. Imagine applying for a job in 2024 and finally being appointed in 2026—two years of waiting, two years of uncertainty, and two years of wasted potential.
One might wonder, is this a test of patience or a recruitment process? Is the government selecting the best candidates or simply the most persistent ones who survive the long wait?
The Marathon of Hiring: Running in Slow Motion
In most developed countries, a hiring process usually takes a few months—perhaps half a year at most for government positions. Yet, in Indonesia, it takes two years. Why? Is there an ancient prophecy stating that a civil servant must wait for two full moon cycles before they can serve the country?
Candidates who successfully pass the selection process in 2024 will have to wait until 2026 to be officially appointed. By then, they might have forgotten everything they learned during the exam. Perhaps the government assumes that the longer the wait, the better the quality of candidates—after all, only the strongest can endure the pain of waiting indefinitely.
Ironically, while the private sector moves at lightning speed, hiring and onboarding employees within weeks, the Indonesian government still follows a hiring process that feels like a medieval ritual. It’s as if every decision must pass through a council of elders who only meet once a year under the full moon.
Quality vs. Patience: A Government’s Test of Endurance
Normally, when a company recruits employees, it aims to get the best talents as quickly as possible to improve productivity. However, in Indonesia’s civil service recruitment, the main qualification seems to be patience. You don’t need to be the smartest candidate; you just need to be able to endure the bureaucratic limbo.
By the time candidates are finally appointed in 2026, some might have moved on to different careers, others might have left the country, and a few might have forgotten why they applied in the first place. The irony is that while the government demands efficiency from its civil servants, it cannot demonstrate the same efficiency in its own recruitment process.
If the hiring process is already this slow, what can citizens expect from the services provided by these future bureaucrats? Will document processing take five years instead of five days? Will public services become a test of endurance for the people?
The Bureaucratic Black Hole: Where Time Disappears
Applying for an ASN position feels like stepping into a time vortex where days turn into months and months turn into years. The process is so slow that by the time an applicant is finally hired, their younger sibling, who was still in high school during the application, might have already graduated from university and secured a job in the private sector.
Where does all this time go? Is the government secretly conducting a time-travel experiment? Or is there a team of bureaucrats sitting in an office, shuffling papers at the speed of a sloth, sipping coffee while discussing whether 2026 is too soon to finalize 2024’s appointments?
One might think that, with advancements in technology, such inefficiencies could be eliminated. Yet, the government insists on maintaining this outdated system, proving that in the digital age, bureaucracy in Indonesia remains proudly analog.
2026: The Year of Forgotten Candidates
By the time 2026 arrives, many successful candidates from the 2024 selection will have already lost interest. Some will have found better opportunities, while others will have changed career paths entirely. When the government finally announces the appointments, they might be greeted with responses like, "Oh, I applied for that? I had forgotten!"
For those who do accept the appointment, there is another dilemma: the world has changed, but the job they applied for was based on conditions from two years ago. New policies, new technologies, and new challenges have emerged, but they are expected to work based on an outdated hiring decision.
Even funnier is the idea that by the time they are appointed, new selection rounds will have already begun for the next batch of applicants. If the same system continues, those applicants will also be appointed in 2028. It’s an endless loop of inefficiency.
Conclusion: The Eternal Loop of Inefficiency
The Indonesian civil service recruitment process is not just slow—it is a masterpiece of inefficiency, a bureaucratic paradox where hiring takes longer than an entire university degree. The process is less about selecting the best candidates and more about filtering out those who lack patience.
In the grand scheme of things, this delay is more than just an inconvenience. It represents a deeper problem in governance—one that prioritizes procedures over productivity, red tape over results, and endurance over excellence. If this system is not reformed, one can only imagine the future:
- The 2026 selection being finalized in 2028.
- The 2030 selection being finalized in 2032.
- And one day, a candidate applying for ASN in 2040 will finally receive their appointment letter in 2046—by which time they will already have retired.
Perhaps, by then, the Indonesian government will finally recognize the absurdity of this system. Or maybe, just maybe, they will find a way to make it even slower.
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