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Originally Posted by Muta
I am being fair. They do, do quite well. Not as well as oil and gas though at the time of the boom. I'm sure someone who works in the public sector can chime in?
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I worked in the public sector. (support staff, not in a management position)
I would say pay was fair. not great, but fair.
we do have a pension, but it's only one pension, (not like the city of Calgary) and 10% of pay goes into it.
there is a pay scale with a min and max. doesn't take many years to max out.
no raises, no cost of living increase, no bonuses. normally little to no overtime. no jumping to another company for a better opportunity/more money.
never got a raise to match the private sector. that maybe was an upper management thing to "retain talent"
union only protects you so much. someone wants you gone, 19 times of 20, they can find a way to get rid of you if they have a bit of patience.
you get what you get and that's it. try living in Alberta with the price of everything going up so much and your pay staying the same. just spending power slowly getting eaten away with every tax, surcharge and raise in the price of food.
every single one oil and gas person I personally knew or made at least $40,000 more than me per year. more often than not, it was double. they didn't feel bad about it. (and that's after factoring in the value of my benefits)
now the friends I am jealous of were the ones that went into a trade. I have a plumber friend who 20 years ago tried to get me to go for it, and I wish I had. but I wanted the safe, steady 9-5 mon-Friday job.