Now govt also clever. Good package goes to those that need to use brains and high pressure (also longer hours) don't confuse long hours with retail hours. Long hours refers to beyond 9 hours daily, beyond what your contract stipulates.

Overall, ministry tend to be more stressful and longer hours, tend to translate into bigger bonuses. Govt all look forward to bonus. The basic is so-so. However stat board like IHL tend to pay well for low experience. Thus those high experience start to complain the past 2 years.

Not a straightforward answer because it's not a straightforward situation. Even same organisation different dept can be different coz the boss fight for it.