What are the pros and cons of an IT sector job vs. a government job? Which is better?

(a) Number of Indian private sector jobs are many fold higher in comparison of government jobs. Most of the government IT jobs are support roles with limited career progression opportunities. Government jobs are available in few IT organisations such as NIC, CDAC, NSG, Ministries, PSUs, etc. It is extremely difficult to get government job. (b) Salary and perks are higher in private sector jobs in comparison to government sector job. (c) Private sector IT professionals progress is based on meritocracy whereas government sector its based on experience and number of years of service. (d) A government job is a lifetime job but private sector jobs are not for life and there are risks of pink slips. (e) Private sector IT jobs provides opportunities for international travel and exposure to end client. (f) In Private sector an IT professional can work on the latest technologies and has continuous opportunity to learn. (g) Work life balance in government job is better in comparison to private sector job.

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Hello, It is much unappropriated to compare IT -Sector Job and a Government job. These two sectors are absolutely valuable and have the separate pros and cons. (#) Government Sector; in government sector, the biggest advantage is that you will get the job Security. During job and after job, you don't need have to worry about that. Other thing is Social Reputation. That a lot in government job. However, you need to dedicate a very large amount of time for preparing the government job exams. Reservation System is also a flaw in government jobs. No need to specify much. (#) IT Sector; in the field of Information Technology, you get the plenty of amount as a salary. If we compare the rigorousness between government job exam and IT exam, then I would say that getting admission in IT college and job as well is much easier then government sector. However, the negative side of IT section is the competition. There are extremely large number of students in this field, and it is very hard to get the desired job in desired company. Every sector has their own bright and dark side. This is only you, who will decide that which one is best and which is not. So, try to have the comparison between these two based on your parameters.

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Both government jobs as well as IT sector jobs have their own pros and cons: 1) In case of government jobs, you can get a decent salary with attractive incentives. Whereas in an IT job, you may or may not get a good salary and incentives as that of government jobs. 2) In recent days, IT sector kick out many people due to the advancement of technologies and so the job security is not assured. In government jobs, there is no such factor as many jobs are done by the people only though unskilled people would be removed from their jobs. 3) As IT sector jobs involves hectic work, sitting in front of the computers and doing work in shifts, these would make our lives stressful. But in government jobs, they don't involve that much of stressed environment. 4) An IT employee would have many restrictions when it comes to promotions and sometimes even if we expect more, we would not be able to get that due to many skilled competitors. In government jobs, one can get promoted as and when the achieve their objectives or clear respective exams. 5) Another advantage is that, Government employees can find many holidays and free times than an IT employee, who would be offered holidays only for important occasions. In all, both have their own advantages and disadvantages but government jobs are better than IT sector jobs from my view.

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There are advantages and disadvantages of IT professional jobs in private and government sector. Following are the major differences: (a) Number of Indian private sector jobs are many fold higher in comparison of government jobs. Most of the government IT jobs are support roles with limited career progression opportunities. Government jobs are available in few IT organisations such as NIC, CDAC, NSG, Ministries, PSUs, etc. It is extremely difficult to get government job. (b) Salary and perks are higher in private sector jobs in comparison to government sector job. (c) Private sector IT professionals progress is based on meritocracy whereas government sector its based on experience and number of years of service. (d) A government job is a lifetime job but private sector jobs are not for life and there are risks of pink slips. (e) Private sector IT jobs provides opportunities for international travel and exposure to end client. (f) In Private sector an IT professional can work on latest technologies and has continuous opportunity to learn. (g) Work life balance in government job is better in comparison to private sector job.

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