I work in an industry where the bureaucracy is verging on being ridiculous. I get there needs to governance, however things that I used to handle myself end to end, taking maybe 2-3 days or a week at most to complete, now involve multiple people (many of whom are in relatively newly created posts), multiple groups to 'approve' things I have the skills to approve myself, and instead of days to complete a process it's now often weeks sometimes months. I'm not saying it's right, however sometimes you get so worn down by it you give up the will to do an effective and efficient job.
Progress ...
(sorry if slightly OT, saw something about bureaucracy in the linked article.)