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Old 07-12-2023, 12:56 PM
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Can any kind souls share their HQ experience, both the pros and cons of working in HQ. Am thinking of applying to HQ next year during open posting. Currently a SH with masters qualifications.
Pros:
- Corporate work-life e.g. 9am - 6pm; typically weekends are not touched. Got peak and off-peak like school, but your working hours are fixed and regular (unless your boss disturbs u lol)

- Got vacation leave, so you can take leave any time of the year

- Exposure to complex work that teachers will never experience in sch. For eg, the need to consult multiple divisions and even external agencies to get a work piece moving. But you know for sure that your work will affect the larger educational landscape. When u go back to sch, you'll realise how sch is a cocooned environment

Cons:
- Hierarchal, so u will need multiple layers of clearance for slide decks. At HQ, a branch head or superintendent is not even considered "big". Divisional directors and above determine what are to be done or not. If u are a SH or HOD in school, u will just be a small fry at HQ lol.

- Unlike classroom teaching, you don't really get to choose the style that u want to teach your content - so a loss of autonomy is guaranteed, because how you do your work will be determined by your branch or division norms


(Speaking with exp, as a former HQ officer and now SH in sch)
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