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Originally Posted by tripin_billie
Except that when the good times are rolling, the public sector doesn't see the giant 25% of salary bonuses and other perks of the private sector. There is a trade off that is made. Security (typically even through recessions) vs. large bonuses and higher salaries. I don't see folks in the private sector complaining when the good times are rolling and public sector employees are being left behind. It is pretty petty to then turn around and complain that those who took the security path should feel pain because you did...
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Bingo. When times were good, people avoided roles in the public sector because you got paid more in the private sector (even though public sector paid well). The trade off was the job security. Now that the economy has reversed, those who stayed in the public sector when times were good in Calgary have security in their well-paid jobs, and I'm not sure they should be a target for anything. Oil and gas is volatile, and anyone who went into the industry not knowing that would have had to have been incredibly naive.