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Originally Posted by Unregistered
In the past (pre-2015) it would take around 10 years of service for the average teacher because it was possible for graduates to hit GEO1A3 (GEO5 equivalent) within 5-6 years.
Today, it's hard to say. Promotions have slowed down dramatically and merit increments have also been shaved thin. A good number of average performing ~10 YOE teachers who joined in the early 2010s are still stuck at GEO4 and still have a long way to go before they can smell the ceiling. Even those who were newly promoted to GEO5 are still sitting around the high 6k to low 7k region, with some way to go before they reach the ceiling (increments get smaller the closer you are to the ceiling, too). tl;dr an estimate for the average teacher will be around 15 years..
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This is why people say those working in civil service are out of touch with the working world. A person with 10 yrs of working experience earning low 7k is nothing to be sniffed at.
A person earning slightly more than 100k annually is in the top 20 percentile of income earners in Singapore. And please let's not compare workload, every job has their stress points. Plus, peolpeople can point to how teachers enjoy June and Dec holidays, which even if you take away meetings and lesson prep is still quite substantial.