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Should I apply to work for the government? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by GenZIsNotLazy@lemmy.ml to c/personalfinancecanada@lemmy.ca

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To me it seems that the only way that I could get hired right now in 2026 is if I work for the government because unlike the private sector which is decreasing, the public sector is increasing, a trend which I think would continue if the government keeps on spending more and more money.

I have also been trying to find a job ever since January of last year with no success, applying to places like Tim Hortons, McDonalds, Sobeys, Walmart, and just about anywhere. The only "success" I had was doing landscaping on my own and I would like to have something more stable.

However, I really would not like a government job because to me it is just like stealing people's money because of the fact that the only way the government is getting money is by printing it which causes inflation and taxes.

Also, I am a Gen Z Canadian citizen with no experience working for an actual company.

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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The idea that government steals from people (in principle) is nonsense. The work done by gov't employees is no differet than the work done by Loblaws (Big Grocer) employees. There's almost always less value that comes back to us from profitable private corporations because the net income often disappears from the economy. Sometimes in Galen's castle, other times it goes offshore into the multinational black hole.

I am saying this as someone who is in a high tax bracket.

If you can do work the gov't needs done - apply and do the work. The public sector is there because the private sector can't or won't do all society needs for reasonable prices. Especially so when the private sector shits the bed in a depression, like it used to do regularly a century ago, till we built a public sector to wipe its ass.