One official of the CPA points out that the most irrational place in the current salary structure is that the gap between high and low levels is too small. Yet the government generally believes if it only raises middle- and upper-level pay, this will affect the morale of the ordinary worker. But the government can't bear the financial burden of an across-the-board increase.
人事行政局一位官員指出，目前公務員薪資最不合理處，在於中高階與低階的差距太小，但政府總覺得「如果單獨提高中上級公務員的待遇，恐將影響一般同仁士氣；全盤調整，政府財力又恐無力負擔」，兩難之情況下，公務員待遇之大幅調整就一年年地延宕下來了。