I think what they are going to do now with the pay increment is deflate the title. Maybe in the future, A1 will do A2 work, and A2 will do S1 work. You never saw a few posts mentioning A2s leading jobs and getting burned out already. currently, they also hire polytechnic graduates, but they start two levels below A1. If you want challenging work, just tell your senior. he or she will be happy to share the burden with you.
What can you offer to earn yourself $7k? If you still require training, why would the Big 4 hire you over others who are more experienced? Just because you are from
NTU?
They are outsourcing a bulk of the work to other countries. Lmao, this is their measure to address the problem.
If they only hired from local unis, maybe it would create some shortage issues. But no, they also hire from private uni, SMEs, poly, and foreign uni. Local unis are not the only supply. You can observe or do a survey of the current manpower in your firm.
They probably cut the pay increment from the bonus or by increasing the workload. This alone already shows they are not very generous. It’s like the wool comes from the sheep. Why would they pay you a manager's pay when they want to profit?