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Originally Posted by Unregistered
Every organisation will have its share of slackers, who will do just the minimum. The bosses are not everywhere and they can't police all the workflow. All the lazy have to do is maintain the current processes, make sure nothing bad happens, and they can easily pass the time away. I am not just speaking about Civil service, this is also happening at private sector. That is why they will meet their KPIs but not beyond it. As for directors replying at 2am, that is exactly my point. These are the workaholics that will be promoted fast, and that is the level of intensity the competition is at the civil service. Don't expect fast promotions if you want work life balance. You are not going to be able to work at that level of intensity. Why I warn about coming to terms with this is because I saw how it ate at some of my colleagues. They couldn't or wouldn't put in the hours and when younger people with half their seniority could promoted over them. They get very bitter.
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Not really. I find the most bitter ones are actually those who really worked hard with long hours and stress hoping that their CEP will be upgraded. But in reality in government if you are not a scholar, even if you really give your all out, the best is probably some sort of Senior/Director position in their late 40s or early 50s. In fact many end up at DD or SDD level.
This group IMO is the most bitter, much more than the slacker long timers who more or less accepted they would never progress far. I suppose they do have a point because they are somewhat "conned" into doing the grunt work in their younger days and yet will never be a CE or PS. But over the years they would have gotten good performance bonus and MX8/7 pay is actually already quite decent, so I don't think their grievances are 100% justified also.