In recent years, there has been such a tendency that school graduates who have successfully passed the USE go to study not at technical universities, where there is a shortage, but in management institutes. Many of them are attracted by work in government agencies, although there are quite high qualifications. However, working in the civil service has both its pluses and minuses.
Benefits of working in government agencies
The concept of "public service" includes three of its types - military, law enforcement and civil. The most popular type - the civil service - today attracts many people who want to devote themselves to it. The reasons why this is happening, how much. The main, perhaps, stability, which no commercial enterprise, even the most successful one today, can boast of. This applies not only to the fact that your workplace will not be cut, but also to timely salary payments, which include numerous allowances and bonuses, in total, they can be several times higher than the established salary.
Civil servants, like no others, are socially protected - paid leave and sick leave are guaranteed to them. In addition, the leave is not 28 working days, as for most workers, but one and a half times longer. In addition, state-owned enterprises provide workers with a social package and guarantee the provision of benefits.
To work in a government agency, you must meet certain requirements for education, qualifications and experience.
The prestige of the civil service is also important. The higher the status of a state enterprise, the higher the status of its employees, but even at the local level, managers and employees of these enterprises acquire numerous useful contacts, since they have the opportunity to influence the activities of many enterprises. A plus is the ability to move up the career ladder.
Cons of working in government agencies
Despite such serious advantages, it is not uncommon for the media to see announcements of available vacancies in government agencies. Staff turnover is also high in many of them. This is explained by the large amount of paperwork that not everyone can handle. The specialists are busy with drawing up reports, forecasts, working with letters and appeals. Not every ambitious person who has a demanded specialty in his hands can withstand such routine work, and everyone is engaged in it - from ordinary employees to department heads.
Unlike commercial structures, specialists in government agencies do not bring much benefit, therefore, to move up the career ladder, it is often enough to be loyal to the management.
In addition, in fact, violations of the Labor Code are practiced in government organizations all the time. Management has the right to declare rush jobs and demand processing, which no one is going to take into account. The personal plans of employees do not really care about managers, employees are not protected from the arbitrariness of the management, because they are afraid of losing their place. The longer an employee works, the higher his additional payments are, and the more he values his workplace.
