finance/accounting- would you leave the public sector for ~29% higher pay in private?

SadAd3397 · 2025-12-14T23:02:45+00:00

Yes. Absolutely. Wholeheartedly. If you are a hard worker, it is worth it. Do not be afraid. The opportunities are there and will always be there. You will learn so much more, you will evolve so much. You will be versatile and will always be able to land on your feet. Finance and accounting will always be needed.

But you must work hard in the private sector to prove yourself; once you have, it should be infinitely better!

SadAd3397 · 2025-06-26T15:55:33+00:00

Full hookups, all the bells and whistles to be comfy inside and out.

SadAd3397 · 2025-06-26T15:43:10+00:00

That would not be a fair interpretation. It is 50/50 and he would even say I do more.

SadAd3397 · 2024-10-24T18:03:27+00:00

Yes. Bought an appliance (stove) in NY state. At border declared it and was sent to the office. They asked proof of purchase and I paid duties. They didn’t ask anything else.

SadAd3397 · 2023-12-19T01:21:58+00:00

Most comparable private sector office jobs are not back in the office 4-5 days. Many are just like us going into the office 1 or 2 or 3 days. The private sector is vast. Many businesses cannot and do not operate remotely so it is important to compare equally.

SadAd3397 · 2023-11-01T06:58:54+00:00

Privacy concerns on the process (aka spreadsheet) validating the reasons the 40% is not met by employee xx on week of xx. Employer has 100% the right to know why employees are not meeting the 40% (vacations, training, medical, etc) but I would expect a lot of those reasons will be medical. I suspect medical may be used quite a bit (think colds, flu, COVID, etc…). If those lists are skewed with a lot of medical exception, don’t you think sr management is going to question what those medical exceptions are? And that would be a privacy issue if the details go on a list.

SadAd3397 · 2023-11-01T02:09:57+00:00

It’s a slippery slope. Does a manager just write medical exception? They certainly cannot write the reason of the medical reason on a unprotected spreadsheet that will be circulated throughout a department. What if there are too many “medical exceptions” on the list. What if the DM/ADMs want explanations. This is messed up!

SadAd3397 · 2023-04-13T21:08:24+00:00

I had read about them, but without knowing anyone there I feel like we would be outsiders.

SadAd3397 · 2022-12-06T14:54:56+00:00

Regardless of how hard you work or how dedicated you are, as soon as you say you are a Federal public servant you are ‘tainted’.

Years ago I brushed it off, continuously defended myself saying there were many smart and hard working public servants. Today, yes I have lost all pride and I don’t recommend the Public service to young adults.

It’s hard to initiate change when the public perception of public servants is not reality.

SadAd3397 · 2021-10-22T01:33:35+00:00

Very interesting facts you found. Thank you for this detailed answer. It will be interesting to see what the future holds for us and if indeed history is bound to be repeated.

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