A 27-year-old Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) employee has triggered a debate by claiming that working in a government job was financially superior to a private sector career. The government employee said he had an annual compensation package of Rs 23 lakh and the various allowances allowed him to save a decent chunk of money that would not have been possible with a private job.
A PSU employee claims higher savings and benefits in government jobs compared to private sector roles.
“Financially, you would be sorted for life. On 15th of every month, I receive performance-related pay, which is around 28k pm on average. “If I talk about myself I make roughly 1.3 lakhs per month, and my expenses rarely cross 15k pm. The man said the only issue was the tier-3 village postings where the nearest civilisation was far away and he had nothing to do on weekends and barely any avenues to spend money, which resulted in lots of savings. On 20th the company credits me 14k in my NPS account and on the 29th of every month I receive a salary of around 1 lac in my bank account,” he said.
I have been given free accommodation, free fuel, almost free electricity, and the food in the office is almost free too,” the employee said. pursue hobbies and party, the man said he was preparing to enrol in a business school as the lack of challenge associated with government jobs was making him lazy Although the job allowed him to travel. ” Well, for most people, living in a tier 3 town is a deal breaker,” said one user while another added: “It depends on what you want in life, but objectively looking from a purely financial standpoint, the PSU life is better.”
