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Originally Posted by superbiatch
Its no secret the public sector is less well paid, as budgets are tight. So if you managed to wow them and they are hoping to fit you into a job, good for you  Holidays and pensions are usually better in the public sector, whereas other benefits are not so good. I suppose you take your chance whichever way you go, but you've got time to weigh it all up when you meet. No matter what they offer, go away and think about it before agreeing 
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I dont know about tight budgets. A while ago I had a contract in the Gambling Commission based in Holborn. They were moving to new offices in Birmingham within 3 months of when I started my contract. The new offices would also have brand new IT kit (PCs etc)
This did not stop them spending aprroximately 1.5k on 40 new PCs to be used just for the 3 month period in London. Additionally the system I was contracted to sort out had cost them 60K for something that looked like it had been written in 2 weeks!
In my experience they might have tight budgets, but boy can they overspend wastefully.