Do you really equate the two, or was this a sarcastic comment?

When a corporation grows and creates more jobs, the jobs are paid from revenue generated by the exchange of goods (goods that have had some value added by the corporation whether it was in the form of converting raw materials into a finished product or in transporting a finished product to market and presenting it for sale) or the exchange of services. The transfer of funds from the customer to the corporation occured at the exchange of goods or services. The addition of jobs by the corporation does not cost the customer any more money, it costs the corporation in higher labor costs (of course, the corporation has determined that the productivity gain by the employer overrides the increase in labor costs). The customer pays the market price of the goods regardless of how many employers the corporation has, although ecomony of scale usually allows larger corporations to offer reduced prices while still making a profit. And the best part is, if I don't want or need the service or product, I don't have to contribute to their salaries.

Governments on the other hand pay their new "employees" (civil servants) with the money of the people, money that has been confiscated by force (or threat of force or imprisonment if you fail to comply). Any additional jobs created by the gov't costs us more money - i.e., how much we have to pay is determined solely by the expenditures of the gov't, and the expenditures of the gov't are in a large part determined by the number of gov't employees. As more gov't employees are added, the gov't is forced to take more of my money by force - or borrow for the funding and force my children or grandchildren to ultimately pay for their salaries. Whether or not I receive any added value or any product of the new employees and whether or not the new employees add value to the services provided, I have to pay my share of the gov't employee costs.

So, to recap: I only pay for a corporation employees' salaries if I exchange my money for their product or services. For the gov't, I pay for their employees' salaries whether I benefit from the labor or not. And no, not every gov't employee provides a service that I benefit from in some way or another - some are pure waste, and I still pay their salary.