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I'm Belgian. I'm working with and for muncipalities and the regional government for years now and people trend to think public servants are lady and stubborn.
I see a lot of enthousiastic, driven, hard working public servants everyday. They often are mangled between political pressure and civilian pressure. There are rotten apples in the basket, for sure, but tge vast majority of public servants work hard en mean well.
German here, I've worked with several areas of our municipalities in the past and can only agree. A lot of public servants are overworked and really try to do a good job. Many work insane ours and you'd actually need at least three people for the job instead of one.
Hi! I am from Canada. A large portion of our taxpayers hate public servants and describe them as lazy, entitled, and incompetent. I have worked in both the public and private sector. My impression is that the public service is mostly filled with idealistic, dedicated people who could make more money in the private sector but choose to work for the public service because they believe in good government. Many of them work very hard, even without pressure from their supervisors. There are, as you say, rotten apples - but they are a small minority.
I think that attacks on the public service are right-wing attempts to undermine faith in government - they are trying to promote privatization (which benefits private corporations at the expense of the public) and cuts to social programs (in order to reduce the tax burden of the rich).