former DSO staff here. please avoid joining DSO if you are joining as a technicial associate (TG3, 4 and 5).

They treat those technicial associates like dirt somehow. need to do many things yet no recognisation to them. those phd scholars princpal member of technicial staffs might look down on those TAs also. also the benefits for TAs are inferior as compared to those TG6 and above. annual increment for them are also meagre. like less than $80.

for OT at least for the dept i was in, they expect you to stay until 7pm at least even if there is nothing urgent to do. office politics are there also with some rivality and conflict of interests within certain depts in DSO.

those phd sucholar suckers might excel in their technicial field but leadership qualities are very poor. even working for ST is better than working in DSO!