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Is a basic government job better than good paying private job?
Hi, I am 22 years old, and I work remotely for a Dubai-based company with a base salary of more than 20 lakhs. My younger brother just got into the Air Force under AgniVeer scheme and had a police verification after he left for training. For the police verification, a constable came to our house and asked for some documents that needed to be submitted to the police station in a week. He also asked for "chai-paani" (bribe) in a very subtle way, to which my father handed him money considering that he came to our house for verification (I think it's his job and he is not doing any favor to us). \[Note: My brother is all clean and has no history of any crime, not even traffic chalaan\] After 2 days, I got a call where the same police constable in a very rowdy tone said, "Bring the documents tomorrow, it doesn't take this much time". The character certificate took some time, but the day I received the call, just the next morning I went to the police station and called the constable, the call went like this: Constable: Come to this XYZ place, I am not in the police station right now. Me: But you asked me to come to the police station. Constable: So what? It isn't like I asked to come to some other city. Me: But, that's just not appropriate. Constable (again, in a rowdy tone): I, too, came to your house. Why are you complaining about coming here? Me: Because it's a part of your job to come to people's houses for police verification. Constable: It was your work for which I came to your house. What was my benefit in it? Me: Well, you are getting a salary from the government for it. Constable got angry and started blabbering, fortunately, I had a neighbor uncle with me who is a Captian in Army and he talked on the phone, so the tone of the constable changed and documents were submitted without any issues. Now, I just think what country has come to that for such a basic task the constable can talk rudely to someone and just because my uncle is on a reputable post in the Army he tuned down his voice. I have a very loving interest in computer science, and I love and enjoy being a software engineer. But this incident makes me question, will this job ever let me have the power, even if I am paying taxes and being a noble citizen, a random a\*\*hole of a constable can talk like this to me. Should I start preparing for a government job in the Police or Armed Forces (even though I just don't want to)? The way our country works, where the police think they have all the authority to act rowdy for no reason, makes me want to leave the country and settle down somewhere else or have a job that offers me power as well.4
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