I'll be honest, when I first read your comment I was tempted to laugh (not maniacaly however), but I caught the "often".
My mom and my 'single mom' sister worked at the post office, because it is good pay and benefits for their training/experience. It was a necessity. My sister who was asked to retire from full time teaching (with what she was getting paid they could hire 2 new teachers) while in a sense it was more of an avocation with her, the benefits became very important, especially since noe of the companies my b-i-l worked for had good retirement health benefits. At any rate she could have gone to a private school to teach, but chose to remain with the public schools as a substitute.
I think it's wonderful for people who's avocation corresponds with their vocation. I for example was too intellectually lazy to be a teacher, so I went into construction (I really wish now in my old age I had been more physically lazy, but I digress)but I taught Sunday school, youth groups and Bible studies for 35 years. At any ratre, I'm rambling, my point is there are most likely many more public sector employees who actually are marking time then gointo public service as an avocation. This does not mean they don't do the job to the best of their ability, many times it just means that was what they could get.
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Date: 20/2/11 22:14 (UTC)My mom and my 'single mom' sister worked at the post office, because it is good pay and benefits for their training/experience. It was a necessity.
My sister who was asked to retire from full time teaching (with what she was getting paid they could hire 2 new teachers) while in a sense it was more of an avocation with her, the benefits became very important, especially since noe of the companies my b-i-l worked for had good retirement health benefits.
At any rate she could have gone to a private school to teach, but chose to remain with the public schools as a substitute.
I think it's wonderful for people who's avocation corresponds with their vocation. I for example was too intellectually lazy to be a teacher, so I went into construction (I really wish now in my old age I had been more physically lazy, but I digress)but I taught Sunday school, youth groups and Bible studies for 35 years.
At any ratre, I'm rambling, my point is there are most likely many more public sector employees who actually are marking time then gointo public service as an avocation. This does not mean they don't do the job to the best of their ability, many times it just means that was what they could get.