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Originally Posted by Unregistered
Agreed. I have no problems with civil servants earning high salaries, but what irks me most is many of them constantly moaning how they are underpaid or that their careers will stagnate at a certain DD level etc. What profit-oriented pte company will give "salary adjustments" to benchmark to industry every few years? Most of us in the pte sector can be content with a 3% pa increment even if our company is raking in hundreds of millions in bottom line..... but not hitting budget numbers.
What makes civil servants think that with their irrelevant skillset can be transferred into top management positions (ie HOD or C-level earning $200k pa and above) in the pte sector? Don't they know that most of these positions in MNCs are taken up by FTs that they don't have to contend with in the CS? It's a hard truth that MNCs prefer nationals of their own HQ origins to take up top positions in their regional HQs and offices.... after that we still have to contend with the lesser FTs like Indians and Pinoys, who you may realise after some time that may or may not be more than bags of hot air.
These generals parachuting into GLCs are deluding their judgement....
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A quick search in Linkedin does show otherwise though and surprise! There are exceptions. A number of long serving CS/PS joined eg. foreign banks in very senior roles and I doubt these private large companies are that dense in not knowing what CS/PS entails...
Generalisation is easy but most forget or do not realise that CS/PS does not automatically translate into irrelevance. A low morale demotivated or lousy employee in a large private company with no desire to move out of his/her comfort zone and not learning anything/very limited or specific job scope is equally irrelevant, even for CS/PS. Bottomline - it is up to oneself to make the best of your career, wherever you are.