Morning,
That is not true. Pensioners unfortunately do have an almost absolute security. Pensions will be the very last thing this state will still pay, even if it is already bankrupt and has almost completely ceased all other tasks. Hell will freeze over before anyone in this country cuts pensions to a realistic level.
Best regards,
Andreas
Ultimately, that, job security, and private health insurance are also the only benefits left to the civil service...
In the private sector in comparable fields, one can earn SIGNIFICANTLY more money. Here with us, civil servants still "work hard" 41.5 hours – which is certainly no benefit either. Additionally, civil servants generally do not receive Christmas bonuses / holiday pay, and salary increases by agreement are also not possible. Unfortunately, home office is still absolutely not an option in many municipalities/cities.
The public service MUST be able to offer the aforementioned advantages, otherwise public service will receive fewer and fewer university graduates and especially the small municipalities will search in vain for personnel (which is already the case today)... Citizens only partially perceive this problem, but as a result, a lot of community life and development within the municipality breaks down, which is already truly catastrophic at present...
I believe non-public service employees today are not even aware what a pillar would collapse or is collapsing if the public service continues to be "degraded" further...