Now working in the public sector I
may have a pension many years down the road I may not - time will tell on that. On the other hand, I do not make as much as I would in the private sector so there is a balance of sorts. Contrary to popular believe, a lot of Public sector employees bust their arses. In my particular case, 2000+ networked devices across 10 buildings with 3000 users with only 3.5 people (one certified - me ) to support. Granted, many of my "users" are not fulltime 40hr/week users but many of them
are teenagers and the resulting "hacks" I need to chase balanced that out
. A comparable private sector operation would have significantly greater resources to address a project of this scope.
But - I sure as sheet miss my Xmas bonuses at the private company. Granted, not executive size by any stretch but $1k to $3k was a nice bouns at the end of the year.,...