Public vs Private

Dird

Working in IT I've done 2 years private (logistics) before & now 2 years public (university) and waiting to receive an offer for a new private job (consultancy).

Based on my 2 years, public sector is horrible. Everything literally takes forever. The one shining light is they don't seem to monitor Internet usage so everyone is watching/playing things off YouTube throughout the day.

- Both were flexible with hours/working from home.
- Both were crappy for pay incentives. Public was essentially a guaranteed increment on the ladder (until you reached so far), never more than 1 step unless you cured cancer. Got no pay rise in private as the company apparently underperformed
- Public more holidays, DB pension
- Private more regular paid OT

Sanne

I've worked in both (council and three different private companies).

Definitely prefer private - the council mentality drove me nuts. Went to visit the other day after 6.5 years and absolutely nothing has changed.

The only great thing was flexi time - effectively 12 extra days off a year for coming in a bit early and leaving a bit later.

xapprenticex

If you have a decent combined income and you want the quiet life, public is the way to go. I prefer private but both have the pluses and minuses.

Andy_L

Dird wrote: »

Working in IT I've done 2 years private (logistics) before & now 2 years public (university) and waiting to receive an offer for a new private job (consultancy).

Universities are, surprisingly, part of the private sector.

ScorpiondeRooftrouser

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Speaking from Wales (where I moved to after retirement) and the private sector is a much better bet if you don't want to have to learn a language (ie Welsh) on top of having the necessary qualifications and experience for the jobs you are applying for. The public sector has rules in place (latterday complying to "political correctness" and recent laws) that state you have to speak Welsh - as well as having those necessary qualifications and experience and you just wont be given a public sector job otherwise (unless they simply cant find a suitable Welsh speaker to take on instead of you).

You keep saying this. It's rubbish. Will you please stop lying.

If you think are not lying, show this to be the case. not for one job in one area. Not for a handful of jobs. But for all public sector jobs in Wales, as you claim.

agrinnall

Andy_L wrote: »

Universities are, surprisingly, part of the private sector.

This is true, but in many ways they act in a similar way to public sector organisations, for instance, offering final salary pensions, better than minimum holidays, automatic increments within salary band, etc. [I now work for a university after over 25 years in the 'real' private sector].

Darksparkle

I much prefer public.

I'm contracted 8-8 7 days a week however my role doesn't involve any late shifts or weekends unless the occasional overtime. 39 days leave plus flexi. Pay isn't terrible for what I do. Decent sick/maternity pay. Policies for HR issues that are generally followed correctly.

I only worked Private until 17 but was mainly just manager's sleeping with staff. Poor working conditions, pay, no regard for health and safety etc

Carl31

Never worked in Public, as a Financial controller, hence someone that foscuses on saving money, i think It would drive me insane

lincroft1710

Carl31 wrote: »

Never worked in Public, as a Financial controller, hence someone that foscuses on saving money, i think It would drive me insane

You obviously never have worked in the public sector, as most departments are always trying to cut costs and expenditure, or having these cut for them. I worked for central government, which during my period of employment saw the number of offices in my department cut from over 200 to less than 60 and an annual target of 10% reduction in costs.

Dird

Andy_L wrote: »

Universities are, surprisingly, part of the private sector.

agrinnall wrote: »

This is true, but in many ways they act in a similar way to public sector organisations, for instance, offering final salary pensions, better than minimum holidays, automatic increments within salary band, etc. [I now work for a university after over 25 years in the 'real' private sector].

As agrinnall said, they're mascarading as not-for-profit orgs but !!!!!!!! so much money that they have to privatise sections into other ltd aliases to keep their charity status. They maintain the things agrinnall mentioned along with the sloth mentality