[trhoad]

Then I would suggest the public sector probably isn't for you, which is fine! But clearly, many people do enjoy working there and are quite happy with a lower salary.

[reallydontask]

The fact that we struggle massively to recruit people and that there are teams with a majority of contractors would suggest that perhaps there aren't enough people willing to look at the tradeoffs and maybe higher salaries would deliver better value for the tax payer ( we get paid a lot less than contractors)

Obviously anecdotal evidence regarding the above but still