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Originally Posted by JohnR
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.,... |
The public sector pension will NEVER be removed. I asked that question at an interview for a public sector job and the person told me that they had the same policy as a state senators and reps and they are not going to decrease their pension.
I work in the private sector and when offered a job in the public sector the salary decrease was only 5K. Public employees are now making close to the same cash as private sector employees but the public jobs have KILLER benefits. The job I was going to take had 5 weeks vacation, every state holiday off, 7 personal days, 19 sick days and did not have to pay SS taxes....not bad IMO and I should have taken the job...oh well.
I do get a bonus twice a year and it is based on the company performance.