There are those who describe the level of civil service pay since the government came to Taiwan forty years ago as, "It is only enough for food and clothing, but not enough to satisfy the accomplishment motive."
有人形容，政府遷台四十年以來，公務員的待遇水準，可以說是「僅能溫飽，尚未達到可滿足成就動機」的程度。