State of Public Service Workers

State of Public Service Workers

Today, public service employees have fewer benefits and wages than their counterparts employed in the private sector. This poor treatment results from rigid government salary-control procedures and policies that refuse to regularly increase monthly pay, which is frequent in the private industry (Middleton, 2016). Further, bureaucracy has inhibited many public service employees from being promoted as quickly as in the private sector. Consequently, an employee in the public sector rises to higher-ranking positions at a slower pace than a peer who is employed in the private service provision and goods production industry in the long term.

However, the above situation has not been consistent because, in the past, public service employees earned higher wages than their counterparts in the private sector. In the early 1990s, former President Bill Clinton’s administration rewarded public service workers extensively. Employees in the contentious sector mentioned above also received public recognition for their selfless service to the American community during the Clinton era (The Clinton Presidency: Timeline of major actions, n.d.). Further, being employed in the public sector was a prestigious achievement and preferred option to working in private industries. Overall, employees in the public service sector today are treated less fairly than those of the same education level and stature employed in the private sector.

References

The Clinton presidency: Timeline of major actions. (n.d.). Welcome To The White House. https://clintonwhitehouse5.archives.gov/WH/Accomplishments/eightyears-02.html

Middleton, C. (2016, October 25). Public sector employees are highly educated and underpaid. Berkeley Public Policy Journal – A Graduate Student Publication from the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. https://bppj.berkeley.edu/2016/10/25/public-sector-employees-are-highly-educated-underpaid/

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What is the current state of public service workers? Are public service personnel treated well, poorly, too well, etc.? How does their current state compare to other times in the past?