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Originally Posted by Locke
No. They dont.
You dont get all of those perks and the same salary.
People have to determine whats important to them and those employment benefits have value, ergo as you get more perks and benefits the salary declines commensurately.
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I agree with that. I went to the public sector for better security and didn't mind a lower salary in exchange. I also never felt good about working for companies that took advantage of clients, which was always my experience in the private sector.
But salaries have stagnated well below their base level relative to cost of living for a long time now in the public sector of BC (at least where most people live). This isn't a new thing or post-pandemic thing. The financial tradeoff you speak of just isn't worth it for a lot of people anymore. I'm fine with the public sector making less, but there has to be a limit to how much less and it's probably time for a correction to some degree. The BCGEU isn't asking to be paid the same amount as the private sector, they just want to catch up relative to everything else.