Topic: Government job or private job? - page 2. (Read 1108 times)

It becomes pretty easy to do comparisons between government and private jobs when you are from a country like mine, where the private jobs are in general better paid, with more demand and the lack of competition with the state sponsored jobs. In my opinion, one of the ideal scenarios would be to live in a country where both options are good and desirable, regardless of whether the boss is the state or some private person.

Also, I believe the vocation and the choice of job based on ones preferences and hobbies is also out of discussion, in the most of the cases the best job is the one which makes us feel good and satisfied with whatever we are doing. It would me a discussion for a different thread though, how we are supposed to make a choice for a job, based on our skill and aspirations.

For now I will limit myself to point out of situational private and state jobs are for the people living in an specific kind of society. The Venezuelan society, being as complex as it is, I would not dare to explain it all in a single post.

It seems like you're analyzing the advantages and drawbacks of both alternatives, which is fantastic! While taking a decision, make sure that you thoroughly examine all of the issues. I believe it plays an important role to assess your particular passions and hobbies. A government job may provide security and bonuses, but if you aren't interested in the work, it may not be a good match. The same is true for businesses of all kinds; if you are positive about a certain topic, it may be worthwhile to explore a career in that field, even if the pay is lower than that of a government post. It's worth noting that many government employment in these nations come with good compensation and medical advantages.

A government job it’s more preferable because of it continuity and guarantee to it peolpe in the society.

The particular answer to this question will be base on the country we live in, as for my country both government jobs and the private job are categories into types by types, like government jobs are divided into three categories, we have local government job, state government jobs and federal government job. Federal government job get higher money than the remaining two follow by state government jobs then last local government. Likewise in private jobs too they are categories into two graduates and non graduate. As for me money is my concern I know of people working for private organisations and they are paying them well far better than the federal government work, in my place we don't decide on what we will receive when working for private.

Unlike the other country that work on hourly rate I wil choose private jobs because I have no intention of working for anybody rather than to become self-employed, but since I can start it on my own I have to start from some where to build myself.

Office work can be a very profitable choice especially if you are the type of individual who pursues a career and is more comfortable working on others. Office work also gets a definite income in the form of salaries earned every month. Not to mention if there are bonuses and benefits for workers who show good performance. Office work also has regular working hours. When overtime or overtime there is a policy of giving overtime money or other benefits. And there are career paths. For employees who have worked in a certain period, they will usually be promoted or raised, which will affect the income to be obtained. Work in the office also has responsibilities according to its portion. Each worker has a different task and generally only focuses on doing these tasks, so the results can be more leverage.
But behind the advantages of work in the accounts above, there are also shortcomings. Namely the work environment that is not conducive, easily stressed and feels anxious, lack of privacy and follow the words of superiors and leaders.

But if you work alone or have your own business, what needs to be prepared is mental. It became one of the main keys before plunging to open your own business. And there are advantages if you work alone. First of the flexbel work hours, meaning that you can work at any time. Want to be briefly, all day until you don't sleep too. The point is that it's free to manage work time. The second, can determine your own income. In contrast to office workers whose nominal salaries are certain. Independent entrepreneurs can get more income. Because of that there is a saying if you want to be rich quickly, don't be an employee, be an entrepreneur. Third, know your potential. Indirectly we are encouraged to understand the potential of ourselves that can be developed. Being an entrepreneur means we are required to be more creative and innovative. Fourth, so it's more free to do things that are in demand. Fifth, honing the spirit of leadership, here includes the ability of business management, organization and problem solving.
But behind the profits above, there are also shortcomings if you work independently. Too large responsibility, often underestimated, income and work time is uncertain, the risk of loss.
The conclusion is that both office and own monkeys are the same as having the advantages and disadvantages of each. The most important thing is that you are in accordance with work choices and you do it seriously so that you get the success and goals achieved. Also make sure you do the work according to your ability, do not just be an entrepreneur or office worker to make it look cool.
Hopefully it can help you decide the work in the future friends 

Relating private Job to your own context I wouldn't take an offer;
Because, private enterprises don't really care about the well-being, affairs of her workers.But in the Government sector you have freedom, also can easily create time too for yourself either for holidays or for family,but that's not the case in a private sector they consume your own time and make you put efforts in growing there own business thereby increasing there personal resources.
One can't compare the pay by government to private enterprises... government workers are well paid and also escape the fear of losing there Job during staff reduction or crash in the business.
For me Government Job should be taken rather than some private Job.
But it's cool if one wanna work for a private firm,I believe one can develop or leverage on his/her skills here in a very constructive, positive competitive environment.

It is not all bosses that are hash and if you have never been bossed over by any one, it will definitely be difficult for to become a boss. I do not mean that being a boss mean maltreating your subject or showing unnecessary superiority. There are good and kind bosses, and these are the people you will work with and kindly feel so comfortable. Although these kind of people are hard to find, especially in the third world countries.

In the civilized economy, extortion is not a priority. In as much as you are productive as an employee, you will get your due respect. Apart from that, proactive government makes laws that protect labour. So, in a country where things are organised, no one will boss you unnecessarily.

That being said, it is not a bad idea to be a boss of your own only if you have the capital, idea and experience to keep going. The government of a working country even has some good ways to support their citizens aspiring to be self employed.

The government sets a salary for a job which will be the same for everyone who is doing that job while a private job will give a salary based on skills, so if you are in a place where your company is getting more benefits and your efforts add value then you become inevitable then your value of salary will skyrocket. There is no guarantee that government jobs are permanent because government also lay off their employees when a sector is becoming non profitable for over time and you can't do anything if that happens.

Indeed, there are many high paying jobs, both government and private. But the competition is too much. Only 5–10 people are selected out of 1000–5000 candidates (not real statistics, but it's somehow similar, only to understand the current job situation at my place). On the other hand, the selection process isn't fair at all (mostly govt). One has to pay a huge amount of bribe to be selected. The officials would say, this isn't true, bla bla bla shit...but I'm telling from experience. And most of the time, they are ok with this as long as they can get their hands on a govt job. Because it will ensure him a secure, stable income with other benefits like pensions. So all these factors should also be put into consideration when choosing the right job.

You're right, being self employed is more better than the government jobs or the private jobs, if you're independent in your job nature, you're free to do as you like and maintain the way you want to experience your job nature, but there are other private jobs that are more high paying than government jobs but the position for them are more competitive, while in general, we take being under self, government and private respectively in their order of prefere.

Own business, own business is very great, there are many benefits in it, if one understands, he should never touch a private job or a government job. Take your time, no one is sitting on you, no one is forcing you, just work as you wish and do it with your own effort. The more you work, the more money you will get and the more work you have. If you don't do it, you will lose as much as you do, but in under other person job, you are always committed to what you have, that is, you can't go here and there even for a day. Your are bound to him so own business is a better for whole life.

None of them. Because where I live we have employment issues. We have more candidates than jobs. That's why I prefer to be self employed. Also I don't like to be bossed around by someone. That's why I plan to set up my own business if I have to. We have a lot of farming land, so it's possible for us to farm corps or livestock. To be honest, I am trying to do that at this very moment. Only recently bought an incubator which I'm using to hatch chicken eggs. Let's see how far can I go. I think that, if one is capable enough, he can earn more just by farming rather than running after govt/private jobs.

People of most countries now prefer government jobs no matter which country they are in.In the country where I live, government jobs are now like golden deer. Government job is golden deer in our country because it is very difficult to get government job here maybe 100 out of ten thousand people get government job in our country.Still people are always busy for government jobs. In government jobs people get much more amount of pensionable money at one time due to which the main attraction of people are now in government jobs.

At least in your country there are options to reach retirement, here it does not matter whether one works for the government or the private sector. One is supposed to work here until one's death. The retirement payments for workers in the government are so low they are rather an insult against the workers. On the other hand, the private sector takes advantage of the situation in the country, they give better salaries, but they use legal loopholes not to pay their workers for their retirement funds.

When comes to opening a business, sometimes is the option some people with enough savings take here, in order to replace their retirement plans with something which is guaranteed for them to give profit, but we all know that starting and keeping a business is not easy. So be grateful you have got options to retirement, here we don't have them. I have seen people in their 69-70s working as hard as if they were 30 years old men.

I think it depends on which country because in the current country I'm residing in, most people want to be in government jobs because of lifetime contracts their retirement funds are secured, and also their loans are quickly approved due to the work they are in. Unlike in the private sector where they cannot make things easy whenever they want to exit from their work because they get nothing when they retire the worst-case scenario is they are forever contractual which they are not promised of getting some retirement fees and they will be forced to work their whole life in order just to earn their living. As for me, I prefer to have my own business while working in order to secure my financial needs and I open more businesses as much as I can while I am capable of doing so.

I think the reason why people Will always go for government job is because it is more secure to have. Government hard drop their workers to employ new set of workers. If you are employ to work for government it is very sure that you may spend all you life working for government without any fear to think of job being lost.  I think private job are cool expecially with their payment but they are unpredictable,  one can't tell how long the job will last.

Who said government jobs are permanent? I don’t think they are permanent by default. I think that government jobs are just generally safer but you can still be taken out of position. For me, any of them works well and as long as I am paid duly for the job which I am doing, there’s nothing that matters more. Private jobs have their advantages too, like higher salaries, better career growth opportunities, and even flexibility.


Because the comparison is between Government and private jobs and not what you mentioned.

1: Most people will want to go for the government job because it is pensionable and you can also get some gratuity after you serve for a good number of years, the job security for government job is another angle to it that a lot of people will grab if the opportunity comes.

 2: on a different angle, the private jobs can be very good if the take home pay is palatable, because there are good paying private jobs that are out there that you can make a living and also create a good future for yourself if you plan your finances very well, but the major problem with this private job is the security because you can be dropped at any given time and is not pensionable. Most people will argue that they will go for a private job because they would want them to be well paid as they are in active service so that they can use the money to create a good future for themselves while they ars still working.

on the government side. others will argue that they want a pensionable job so that when they are  retired they can fall back on their pension.

Why here is no option of either self employed or business lol 😎?

Government job is good in the eyes of common people because it is reliable and secure.  Everyone wants a secure life.  However, the salary of government jobs is a little less.  On the other hand, even if there is no hope of private jobs, the salary is high, but it depends on the individual's qualifications.  In private jobs the more skills you can see the more you will get paid. But the job security is very less. Any natural calamity can really cause job loss.  As we have seen during the time of COVID.  Many people have been fired.  Two advantages of two.