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I’ll take that bet. 10 150k public sector employees vs 10 250k private sector, its going to be a slaughter in terms of productivity in favor of the private sect
by cellis 5y ago
I’ll take that bet. 10 150k public sector employees vs 10 250k private sector, its going to be a slaughter in terms of productivity in favor of the private sector. In fact I would take 10 private sector engineers at 250k vs your 20 public sector at 150k and would still win.
The reason is not talent, but process. Governments are bureaucratic by nature, companies are meritocratic by nature. Obviously this is a vast simplification and there are exceptions but I wouldn’t bet on your team being one.
- scudd 5y agoI've observed that large corporations are also quite capable of bureaucracy. Although I've never worked in public sector so I can't make a cross comparison.
- freeopinion 5y agoI didn't say my hires would be public sector. They just have to produce something that is freely available to the public sector and meets a specific public sector need.
- EricE 5y agolol - the larger the company the more bureaucratic they become. I have friends inside the casino industries and they are 10 times worse than I've ever seen government when it comes to gross internal inefficiencies. Makes sense - the government doesn't have to earn its money, it just uses the IRS to confiscate it and casinos don't earn their money either, they just steal it.