@ChrisMayLA6 And, as ever with these spurious complaints, the Ts and Cs of taking a job (Local authority,NHS,Teaching etc) include the package --including the benefits as well as the problems. That's the job, that's the pay, that's the benefits. That's The Package. Anyone who wants the package can apply for the job.
Anyone who takes a job with (maybe) higher pay, better conditions and poorer benefits can't then moan that some people have better benefits in retrospect.

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The fact that pubic sector pensions are more generous than private sector pensions & this is iniquitous for private sector workers.

The same argument applies to lower graded public sector jobs that tend to pay more than their private sector equivalents.

@ChrisMayLA6 the key point is that public sector jobs are usually less well paid than their equivalent private sector ones.
If you choose the public sector typically you have chosen jam later i.e. stability, a better pension over jam now, better pay & often opportunities for advancement.