I have worked for absolutely huge government departments, and in private industry doing the same thing

The private sector did the job with fewer people sometimes, but the costs to the government were astronomical and the profits went offshore

Working for the government department meant more people were spending their money in the local economy

I know which one was better for society, and if it wasn’t for people getting sweet deals to contract out works, then it would all have been government run, the way it should always have been