A good hons degree in the civil service only determines your
starting pay, which is slightly higher than the private sector. For
example, if you join the Singapore Prison Service, the starting pay
for 1st class hons holders is 3.5k++. However, how far you can go
from there is strictly based on performance and other factors, and
no matter how good and how well you perform, you will always be
below the pecking order when some PSC or some funny scholars return
from their 4 yr mugging course overseas.
If given a choice, I will always choose the private sector. Don't
be enticed by the 2.2mths. Its not alot actually. My bro is working
as an engineer in the private sector, his company gives him
transport allowance of $1,200 every month, on top of paying for his
handphone bills, allowances for entertaining clients, holiday
rewards for the family for good performers, and of course, a
competitive pay package. He says that all these perks is like
having a 5 mth bonus every year.
Like what i always say, avoid joining the civil service unless you
are one of the scholars. After these people retire, they become
bigshots in the ministries and other statuatory organisations. If
you have a pass degree and sign on with the armed force, most prob
you will be assigned to become some OM/AM of some school.Its true
that income will still be coming in, but i don't think its a
particularly good job that you look foward to every morning.
