This makes so much sense to me. If the public sector is compensated the same or slightly better than the public, then naturally we’d attract the best people to

This makes so much sense to me. If the public sector is compensated the same or slightly better than the public, then naturally we’d attract the best people to the public sector. Personally I never considered a career in the public sector mostly because there is an expectation in my country (US) that I would be poorly compensated.