Editing Public service (section)

===Government employees===
Government agencies are not profit-oriented and their employees are often motivated differently.<ref name=":0" /> Studies of their work have found contrasting results including both higher levels of effort<ref name=":0">{{cite journal |last1=Frank |first1=Sue A. |last2=Lewis |first2=Gregory B. |date=March 2004 |title=Government Employees: Working Hard or Hardly Working? |journal=[[The American Review of Public Administration]] |volume=34 |issue=1 |pages=36–51 |doi=10.1177/0275074003258823 |s2cid=155017646}}</ref> and fewer hours of work.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.heritage.org/jobs-and-labor/report/government-employees-work-less-private-sector-employees |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210042552/http://www.heritage.org/jobs-and-labor/report/government-employees-work-less-private-sector-employees |url-status=unfit |archive-date=February 10, 2017 |title=Government Employees Work Less than Private-Sector Employees |journal=Backgrounder |publisher=The Heritage Foundation |first=Jason |last=Richwine |issue=2724 |pages=1–6 |date=11 September 2012 |access-date=16 January 2016}}</ref> A survey in the UK found that private sector hiring managers do not credit government experience as much as private sector experience.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://business.financialpost.com/executive/careers/public-sector-stigma |title=Public sector stigma: The 100,000 workers Tim Hudak removes from the provincial payroll could have a tough transition to the private sector |work=Financial Post |first=Dan |last=Ovsey |date=27 May 2014 |access-date=16 January 2016}}</ref> Public workers tend to make less in wages when adjusting for education, although that difference is reduced when benefits and hours are included.<ref name=":1">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/02/07/are-public-sector-employees-overpaid/ |title=Are public-sector employees "overpaid"? |newspaper=The Washington Post |first=Sasha |last=Volokh |date=7 February 2014 |access-date=18 January 2016}}</ref> Public servants have other intangible benefits such as increased job security and high wages.<ref name=":1" />