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Originally Posted by Unregistered
Which is my point. You don't need PhD to rise up the rank through labwork. PhD or master is not a requirement for labwork. Go look at the lead for the labs. Most or non of them have PhD. Experience is more important. Loads of people do not do their postgrad after graduation for a variety of reason, which is why they do labwork or basic research in the first place. Hence the sponsorship is a good way for progression if you ever want.
I am not saying it is impossible to reach, I'm just telling you that mx9 comprise of 1.2% of the civil service workforce. Yes, this is the stats released by the govt. So for every 100 person, there is around 1 mx9. Are you it is a matter of time before you will reach it.
Lab work is grunt work, a necessity to go into management role. There are tons of management opportunity moving through QC, QA or lab roles. Like I stated in the first post, civil service is for those without ambition and drive and just want a stable work life till the end. Which is exactly what you are describing, no risk, no worries, just slowly working towards your final ranking. Now of course if you are an average performer this might look like a tempting proposal but do realise what you are getting into before signing up.
Of course profit come first for a company. But the mere fact that they are providing medicine is creating a better world. imagine a world without antibiotics or basic simple cure for common diseases. If you want to go into schematics, civil services and stat board works for the PAP more than for Singapore, and is technically for the betterment of the elites than Singapore as a whole. But then I'll be digressing into politics. |
Times are changing. Even as the non-graduates are now being combined together with graduates scheme, the data for officers reaching MX9 will change as well. That being said, it is a misconception that people who join the civil service are those without ambition and drive.
Providing medicine but at what cost? How much do they sell them? It is of no value if your medicine can cure illness, but only to those who can afford them. And that is the reality of almost all big pharma companies. If you truly want to talk about those research, I believe basic research are the ones who attempt to solve those simple problems, that truly benefit the world. But of course, basic research usually resides in IHLs and research institutes funded by government or
VWO, and are not that fixated on B2B. In pharma, it is all about the value to translate to an actual product no?
Btw QC/QA and the likes are niche areas, and usually people who are into those tend to specialize in them for years. I doubt it is your everyday event that a person can be rotated around lab and onto management/corporate track. Makes absolutely no sense as these are roles that are specialised, and once you've trained them, you hardly want to take them off elsewhere.
You can say that the government seems to be working more for
PAP, but that is only because
PAP is the ruling party. In truth, the system is such that regardless of the ruling party, Singapore will continue to function as per normal. The system truly is for the benefit of Singapore. But as with politics, it is inevitable that certain mileage be squeezed for political brownies.