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It’s true that highly skilled government workers are underpaid. But non-highly-skilled government workers are overpaid. Both groups get pensions, and there are
by bradleyjg 9y ago
It’s true that highly skilled government workers are underpaid. But non-highly-skilled government workers are overpaid. Both groups get pensions, and there are a lot more of the second group.
- GlenTheMachine 9y agoWhich is worse: a government with overcompensated secretaries, or undercompensated scientists? I'm a government scientist. Maybe I'm biased. But it seems to me that if your government cannot compete for the best and brightest in your country, you are doomed. Ideally, of course, we'd compensate both secretaries and scientists appropriately. But we don't seem to be able to manage that.