I don’t really get the ‘**** pay’ argument.
In the public sector I get: A very decent pension (albeit it’s recently been made more mediocre but still my employer is putting in double my contributions so combined £1200 a month)
I get 160/170 days off a year.
Hopefully job satisfaction but admittedly not been doing the job long enough to know. Imagine working 5 days a week hating and dreading your work. Been there... got that t-shirt.
And other nice tax perks.
Plus I have security. I will have full pay for 18 months if off ill or sick. Death in service (although already have private Life Insurance) plus I’ve got CIC too.
Far far more security than the private sector.
My pay is guaranteed to hit almost 40k within 10 years without a promotion (10k above the average and I don’t live in a big city so cost of living is low. 2/3 bed semi-detached is 150kish. 200k would get you somewhere pretty nice)