Navy Seals are government employees and call centers with staff-turnover measured in days are private. Employee motivation does not depend on the ownership structure but their work, treatment and reward.
Are you advocating pushups and multi-mile ruck-marches as punishment for not meeting production goals at USPS? Or rigorous try-out testing including sitting in 50*F water all night without sleeping for the guy at DMV that hands you a number?
Comparing government workers that rarely can be fired with specially motivated unique individuals is far from fair.
