The real reason why Civil servants quit their jobs to join/open coachings
TW : Long post ahead. Before i start, I state that I have been a long time lurker here. I am state civil servant in the hon'ble Haryana Government and will be giving interview of CSE-2024 this year. We were a circle of 9 friends and all have been selected somewhere (upsc/pcs).
So coming back to the point, nowadays you see a lot of selected candidates/officers leaving their much coveted jobs only to join coaching. This phenomenon is not only related to UPSC, but also in SSC-CGL, Bank PO, etc. There are also some candidates which never join the service, just brag the 'selected tag' and start some 'fReE mEnTorShiP', only to later charge lakhs.
When i see videos of such ex-officers on YouTube and Instagram, I go to the comment sections and most of the comments are like ' Sir honest theay, corruption bahut hai, isliye sir ney job chodh di ', ' honest officers cant survive the system' ,etc etc. I guess the same line of thinking goes in this subreddit also.
However the real reason(s) behind leaving/never joining their jobs is as follows
0) Myth : "They are very honest and the system is very corrupt".
Truth: The current government brilliantly awards honest officers. If you are honest and not willing to bend, you will get transferred to some other place. That's it. Gone are the days of 'mafia threats' and some bollywood style officer's kidnappings. Any upright officer can record threat calls and ask for personal protection.It has happened in the past 5-6 years too.Also in the looooong run, the honest officers get awarded. My friend is an IRS of 2010 batch. She was working in ED. Now remember posting in ED is a plum posting, where historically one had to 'grease' the higher ups, but since she was honest she was sent there for his honest track record.
1)Myth : " I loved my job but also I was keen on helping the aspirants, hence I left".
Truth : They get bored in their jobs and often lack the passion to do that job.
2) Myth : " I did this and that in my job..."
Truth : They did not have the prime aptitude to continue in that job. As simple as that. Remember aptitude is different from knowledge of Gs-1,2,3 and 4. A person can gulp up the history book but when it comes to take decision on technical files, he may falter.
Facing the pressure of doing office work before the deadline , is 100x that of completing your syllabus.
3) Myth: " Mereko paisa nahi kamana, mereko aspirants ko help karna hai"
Truth : Unacademy nostalgia hits up. They all want to earn money. That's it. Service rules allow civil servants to teach anyone for free and do anything in public interest until it doesn't appear unbecoming of a civil servant.
In the end, next time when you see a preacher-cum-ex civil servant, remember he is just there to mint money and nothing more, take his/her remarks with a pinch of Tata Namak.
Irony : They now want to 'help' aspirants for a job that they themselves hated.