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Originally Posted by ynjuan99
I'm an IT folk with 8-year experience, bachelor with NTU and master with NUS.
Recently got an offer from a local Polytechic:
1. non-academic technical role, contract basis, renewable but no guarantee
2. basic pay 6400, PAX 5 (capped at 6740)
3. chance to teach for part-time diploma course possibly
Now hesitating whether to accept or not, as got pay cut of 5~7% basic pay, and even worse would cap the ceiling soon if joining. Also not sure the probability to upgrade to PAX 4.
The hiring manager and HR are too tough to compromise even for a small amount of increment as appreciation of my experience and degree, although they indicated I'm the first candidate they offered. (super frustrated)
Personally I'm fancy over the job scope (at least literally by the job description, but no confident in terms of holistic suitability) and the academic environment as my dream is to teach or research in campus (for some reason I was unable to pursue PhD after university).
So in your opinion, is it worth to go in terms of pay fairness as per basic (as for annual package, HR mentioned average 3 to 4 months, but trustworthy?)? By the way I have family with 2 young kids. Headachy!!! |
To me this is more like you were having unrealistic expectations when applying for the job. It is quite common for private sector to take 20-50% pay cut when joining public educational service. They already give you very good if it's only a few % pay cut and you are still complaining about being too close to cap!
You should really think carefully what are your priorities. It's not a good sign if a few % cut and you are already shaken in your conviction and thinking whether to reject the offer as it is not "fair". Yes 3-4 mths bonus including AWS is usually the norm.
At the end of the day, working in a place like polytechnic got pros & cons and you have to be comfortable with slowing down your pay progression and taking a pay cut in return for the routine stability, job security and non monetary fulfillment. If you are really that adamant about maintaining current salary and want to get good increments every year (nothing wrong), then this is not for you.