Incindre:
10/10 Nice troll.

rayonline: Response rate to get the fire trucks out - eg.  Saving lifes, helping the sick.  Protecting the NZ border.  Administering immigration, overseas education qualifications, managing the pension process for those that are entitled for it.  Policing financial companies.  For companies if you can charge them more you do it.  If others do it you follow suite. 

blakamin: That's easy then.

42

richms:

MaxLV: Making a profit for your employer is how you see yourself as being a 'success?' 

As generally there are bonuses based on it, and you also have the sense of achieveing something, furthuring yourself while staying in the same place and in general growing something, yes. Working at a place full of bumbling old people with no drive is the most taxing thing ever, even if it is relativly profitable.

The reliance of things like st johns on "volunteers" to do work is IMO offensive. It should be a proper business, funded by the government properly if people want to have a free service which is it quite clear that is expected in NZ.

Sideface: I see lots of different answers posted to a question that I don't understand.
Perhaps the OP could clarify his/her question?

Otherwise the OP is asking for the Meaning of Life, The Universe, and Everything.

rayonline: I do my job but overall once everyone there does their bit what do we achieve? 

Sideface: 

It took Deep Thought 7½ million years to compute and check the answer, which turns out to be 42.

andrewNZ: Many of the public sector jobs you refer to are completely or heavily funded by the government, which gets it's money from taxes.

If private companies didn't make a profit, they wouldn't pay taxes and many things would have no funding at all.

rayonline: Maybe a more accurate way to say is - do people in general genuinely enjoy their job? 

If one worked as a medic or a receptionist at at local medical centre they can certainly see value in their work.  Likewise, life coach, fitness instructors, teachers and nurses.  But many of the essential jobs are clerical workers, sale reps, finance managers, frontline staff like customer service on phone or in person. 

rayonline: Maybe a more accurate way to say is - do people in general genuinely enjoy their job?  ...