We come across motivation as a term more and more nowadays, whether it is motivation for carrying out daily activities and hobbies or motivation in the workplace. This paper focuses on motivation in the public sector and deals with the analysis of motivation and how it affects employees. Motivation leads to the desired goals and encourages the development and progress of the individual in the business sense, while it brings with it a certain kind of satisfaction with what has been done. By studying motivation and its techniques, and by analyzing strategies for successfully implementing motivation, a positive working atmosphere and an efficient working environment are created. The main goal of the research was to examine whether there is motivation within the public sector and to what extent it affects employees. The work is based on a survey intended for public sector employees, who expressed their views and opinions about motivation in their organization. Thanks to their answers, a broader picture was obtained about how motivating employees is the key to the success of any organization.