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Originally Posted by Unregistered
Right? I’m not trying to sound greedy or ungrateful but I really feel like for the work that we do, we are underpaid. And I do not understand why the govt would think it is ok to pay us like this. Understand this isn’t a job for money, and I absolutely love teaching, but we have mouths to feed and bills to pay too. And our workload (esp mine this year with covering load) is heavy I must say. So it is really really demoralising to not see any increase after all these years.
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Agree with teachers on lower subgrades being underpaid.
Many people inside and outside of the system rave about how teachers in Singapore get paid very well, but they're only referring to the GEO5 and above. In the past, it didn't take very long to hit GEO5 (GEO1A3) by just meeting expectations and doing a decent or better job in class everyday. So it is still perceived that it doesn't take long to hit a high salary if you just go to school and do your job.
Unfortunately these days you have good performers (consistent C grade) stuck at GEO3 for as long as 9 years, or GEO4 in their mid-40s. By that time, they're all doing the same job as the GEO5s. They are no longer BTs or people who need to be offloaded to give them time and space to adjust. They're experienced teachers carrying the full load, and maybe even more because they are "young".