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Originally Posted by Unregistered
I have a question - why would someone want to join MINDEF DXO?
I mean for girls, perhaps they've not experienced how the military operates, the initial supposed higher starting pay seems to be attractive. But it's pretty much a dead-end job no? Even backoffice at a bank pays way better and the people here asking are all with second upper and above, surely getting an interview with any BO should be quite straightforward?
Getting a pay of what? 3.6K? That's not a lot. Anyone with a 2nd upper or even lower can probably get a job at the big4 not just an auditor but also consultant where you deal with real work.
Let's do the math, if the MINDEF DXO gives you 5% increment per year
F1 - 3600
F2 - 3780
F3 - 3969
F4 - 4167
F5 - 4375
At the end of 5 years, you don't even hit 5k. Whereas for a big4 employee
A1 - 2900
A2 - 3400
S1 - 4400
S2 - 4900
S3 - 5400
And about job scope? It's a mundane 8 to 5, no stress hardly anything to do - why would any fresh graduate aspire to do that? You studied 16 years to do nothing? It seems like a nice place to retire but to build your careers for starters, are you worried about having no worklife balance and so on? |
It's a mistake to think DXOs leave at 5.30pm sharp. I work weekends, work at nights. Monitor emails all the time. My colleagues forfeit their off, etc. And this is my second job inside here, same thing for my first job. Why compare a policy executive position to an admin supervisor or a research analyst?
It's the wrong mindset to come in and expect those dead-end jobs. Sure, there are those available, but this is the case for every organisation. I have seen people leave because they can't take the stress or the pace here. It is just bad for prospective hires when this kind of myth of a super-slack culture is perpetuated, it just gives people the wrong impression and they end up leaving disillusioned.
For what it's worth, the pay is good compared to the outside. I don't expect to get rich and stay in condos, but it's an attractive incentive to keep working and bettering myself, and I am comfortable.
My advice - join because the job is something you
want to do.
My two cents.