Originally Posted by Unregistered

While we don't expect to make loads of money compared to private sector, but based on conversations with friends from other parts of public service, teacher salaries and career progression seems lower and slower. People with the same number of years in service would be already be at a higher paygrade and therefore higher salary band, compared to EOs, where the slower promotion and miniscule pay increments result in others overtaking us after around 5 years.

Quit and joined another ministry. Definitely more worklife balance, and don't have to work after office hours. Pay is in fact slightly higher. Think HR had to bump up my pay in order not to have so much of a gap with current colleagues' pay.