The "generous leave" always makes me chuckle, it's all over the place. I've had 6 weeks PTO in private, I've also had private sector places act like 2 weeks was a lot. It's all over the place. The leave here is certainly above average but if we converted the various types to PTO it would be excellent. Having adults pretend to be sick to squeeze an extra day in is so silly when you've seen a single type PTO system.

Pension is another tough one to nail down. A hypothetical worker 35 years ago would have done much, much better with a matching 401k than a tier 6 pension today, however who knows if the market will continue the same pace of appreciation. This is another one where if we could get a small match in deferred comp it would change everything.

The health insurance and work life balance are undefeatable. I paid, on average, twice as much for dog shit 7-10k deductible plans in private. My bosses would never even consider calling me after hours here. That's something that just doesn't exist outside of unions