Should Public Sector Be Privatized

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One of the greatest myths of our time is that public sector can be made more efficient if they are converted into private concerns. The privatization of public sector has been a manifest failure. In order to further argue the point whether or not the public sector should be privatized, one needs to have a clear idea about the differences between public and private sectors. The public sector, on one hand, provides the highest level of security and stability for their employees than any other type of work. Whereas employees in the private sector, on the other hand, are largely at the whim of both the economy and the owners. Contrary to the slightly more volatile private sector, public sector is relatively more immune from job cuts. Also public sector provides a number of perks and facilities that are absent in private sector - from health care benefits to maternity leave, from paid vacations to retirement benefits. While benefits are also offered at many private sector positions, they generally never reach the level and scope of ones provided in the public sector. Contrary to popular belief, pay for public sector employees is quite solid. While it doesn’t reach the level of the higher echelon of public sector workers (like a director of finance, for example), it does continue to remain competitive as the costs of living go up, and has room for gradual pay raises. One of the less-known benefits of public sector is that the hours are generally quite good. Whereas the private sector is often subject to the needs of the company and specific events (such as a sale or a specific deadline), and as such may require frequent overtime and weekend work, public sector jobs tend to remain solid in their 8-hour workday 5 days a week model. While this may not be a big deal to some people, those with family often prefer to have a stable work schedule. Hence, compared to the

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