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Don’t know why people still trot out the stuff about the public sector being a gravy train, cushy, inefficient, etc compared to the private. My sister in the NHS has far worse t and cs than I do in the private sector and is much more tightly controlled in her working life. You need to let the 70s recede into the past.
You misunderstand my position slightly; and I speak as a leftie with over a decade of experience in public service!
The cushy/gravy train/pension thing is utter horseshit now, and has mostly always been. Public servants have far worse pay than those in comparable positions in the private sector, and the pensions really are nothing special. These are facts, not opinions.
My point was that the public sector is often bloated and very inefficient, while simultaneously being underfunded. I don't know what the solution to this is. Obviously punitive measures can't be the answer. (Not that I'd put it past the current lot to try them)