You're a bit defensive Whelk. I've referenced my own experience in the public sector - it's not a perception, it's reality over a number of years.
To be fair, I enjoyed it. What's to dislike about study day release, study leave (all in the knowledge I'd leave afterwards of course), a few pay rises a year, being able to come in late whilst hanging, having a long pub lunch on a Friday, getting home nice and early, slacking off in the week knowing I could do weekend overtime at an enhanced rate, and a day off in lieu on top, etc, etc? Good times, but all at the tax payers expense.
I've since worked in the real world of the private sector. Knowing what I now know, that place could've been run at half the cost.
In my experience, and I can only refer to that, the public sector I worked in was a soft option. Turkish had a perception which is my experience of reality.
I'll assume that you have no experience of both sides of the fence.