The Cons
The worst aspects of a government job include:
Slow salary growth. Cost-of-living adjustments authorized for government employees rarely keep up with inflation, and merit raises are given to only a small percentage of top performers. For big salary increases, government employees have to compete for vacant positions with higher salaries.Keeping the same job in the same organization just isn't possible if you want to obtain one of the highest salaries.
Capped earning potential. Government executives are paid far less than their private sector counterparts. To hit the big paydays, high-level government employees jump to the private sector.
Low levels of control. Bureaucracy doesn’t only frustrate citizens. It also plagues government employees wanting to get things done quickly. Expect all major and many minor decisions to go through some sort of formal approval process.
Lazy co-workers. Adages about lazy government workers exist for a reason. Some government employees just do what is asked of them and no more, but there are far more employees who are driven to achieve more than just the bare minimum. Unfortunately, poor performers are rarely coached to better performance or fired for cause.
