Public employment is that generated by the State.
Employment is the occupation that provides economic income to an individual. The worker, within the framework of a job, carries out a certain activity, receiving payment for his work.
According to its characteristics, it is possible to differentiate between different types of employment. Public employment is defined as employment generated by the State . In other words: in public employment, the employer (the contractor) is some state agency. Private employment , on the other hand, has a company (an entity that is not public) as the employer.
Generally the State is the main employer in a country. That is why public employment has great importance in the economy . Public officials can be elected (chosen by the population to occupy positions in the government), political (appointed by the rulers) or career ( workers who work in some area of the State, with or without hierarchical functions).
Regulation of public employment
The regime that regulates public employment differs from that focused on private employment. Public employees usually have their own unions and are governed by specific regulations.
Public employment is especially strong in certain areas, such as security , education and health . All police officers, for example, are public officials. Teachers, nurses and doctors, for their part, can work in the public sector or the private sector, although the state level has greater preponderance.
It is important to mention that, for some governments , having many public employees is a problem due to the amount of money needed to pay them. Therefore, with the aim of reducing the deficit, they promote cuts in public employment.
Education, health and education are sectors with a strong presence of public employment.
Advantages for workers
Public employment has some advantages over private employment, and it is precisely these characteristics that make it especially tempting for many people. First of all, there is stability , since civil servant positions usually guarantee stable pay and a long-term contract , in addition to extra pay. With some exceptions, it is normal that we can keep the position until we retire, something that is very rare in the private sector.
Another of the strong points of public employment are vacations , which are usually longer than in private employment: there are cases in which the government grants its officials a month of vacation, days for their own business and rest during the holidays, including Easter, Christmas and New Year . It should be noted that teachers cannot choose the season in which they take vacations, for obvious reasons, but then they rest more than many other professionals.
The work schedule is usually not so strict in public employment, meaning that arrival and departure times are usually quite flexible. The same goes for the minutes allocated for "coffee" and lunch, which generally do not need to be strictly respected. These characteristics do not speak very well of the organization, but they reflect the reality of many countries in which the rules are created so that only a portion of the people comply, while others enjoy excessive privileges.
Progress in public employment
These seemingly tempting freedoms are a double-edged sword. In part they are due to the fact that supervisors do not have the same degree of power as in the private sector, which is why our behavior towards them may be less correct without this affecting the termination of our contract.
This, however, also speaks of fewer possibilities for development and growth within the company: since our merits also do not receive much attention, there is a lack of incentive that leads to stagnation.