bearishbull
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I'd love to see someone in media do an in depth piece on the pay and conditions in the public sector. I feel generally they are overpaid and should actually get less than private sector as security of tenure,generous pension and flexibility is worth a lot per annum. Look at prison guards for instance, they are glorified security guards but earn on average 80k per annum when their organised overtime is taken into account. And the powerfull union backed workers in likes of ESB get well above market rates for the work they do. A lot of the office type jobs in civil service may not pay much more than private sector but theres more perks and room for lazy/incompetent people to hide.