Stress
I've seen/heard people saying public sector jobs are significantly less stressful than private sector jobs. The running joke is something like "good enough for state work."
My question is: exactly what jobs are people talking about?
I've been with the state for nearly a decade and, let me tell you, the stress levels are constantly high. We are micromanaged. Our work is heavily scrutinized and criticized. I've seen people quit because they can't handle how stressful all the micromanaging is.
Is anyone else a state employee who works in an extremely stressful environment in which they feel they are always under a microscope? Because a lot of people talk about state jobs like you can just skate by in your work, but my job definitely isn't like that.