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Originally Posted by GullFoss
While you get paid more in the private sector on a top line basis, you're compensated better in the public sector once actual hours worked and benefits are accounted for. It's not even close.
Work life balance is great and those public sector services are necessary. I'm just saying compensation is above market and there is a lot of fat in the system. Combined, core essential services that actually matter could be provided substantially cheaper.
I met my wife in the public sector and she feels the same way. It's mostly cultural workplace expectations. We always joke about how the public "service" was actually a misnomer because the pay was so good it was like the public was serving us.
You might think working more than 37.5 hours a week shouldn't be the norm and you're entitled to only work those hours. That is literally the definition of public sector entitlement. Because whether it should be the norm is a completely different question than whether it is. Working 15-25% more than required is the norm for private sector white collar professionals because that's how much work there is. Telling you manager no would have you're name up first when the time for layoffs or restructuring came. And there are no unions in the private sector that implicitly have your back on the issue.
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I’d be interested in hearing an explanation on what exactly you’re trying to suggest in the bolded portion.
I think the hypocrisy of having previously enjoyed the benefits of working in the public sector only to put down current public sector workers for enjoying/expecting the same benefits is pretty self evident, so there’s no real need to discuss that part of your post.