IMDA (under MCI)

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Agree. As a young civil servant, I once really thought civil service no toxic people because everyone working for ideals. I now know that some can be every bit as ambitious and toxic as those out there, only that they also talk the loudest about serving others.

toxicity is everywhere

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Sian i want to jump out of toxic workplace the only opportunity is another toxic workplace

一毒还有一毒毒
it's like that one lor

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Loosely, this is the broad meaning of the two Hokkien phrases (not direct translation):

1. Where got such good opportunity (I did not read the original post carefully but generally kangtao is used to suggest opportunity based on inside info)

2. Want cheap, want good, want big, basically this is usually used sarcastically to mean want best of all worlds, which is not always possible

You can find a lot of these online

thanks for the translation, number 2 definitely sounds like LCH on a typical working day

Originally Posted by Unregistered

thanks for the translation, number 2 definitely sounds like on a typical working day

You may be surprised, this is not uncommon behaviour, bosses in some other agencies often expect unrealistically high standards across different projects while being unwilling (or apparently unable due to the usual “budget” constraints) to spend more to recruit headcount

Originally Posted by Unregistered

You may be surprised, this is not uncommon behaviour, bosses in some other agencies often expect unrealistically high standards across different projects while being unwilling (or apparently unable due to the usual “budget” constraints) to spend more to recruit headcount

han nor
not wanting to justify for full time head count
perpetually hire temp staff and undercut with the lousy fringe benefits

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Agree. As a young civil servant, I once really thought civil service no toxic people because everyone working for ideals. I now know that some can be every bit as ambitious and toxic as those out there, only that they also talk the loudest about serving others.

I joined another gov agency after leaving IMDA. While I don't deny that there're a couple of sneaky people there, the agency as a whole is nowhere near IMDA in terms of toxicity.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I joined another gov agency after leaving IMDA. While I don't deny that there're a couple of sneaky people there, the agency as a whole is nowhere near IMDA in terms of toxicity.

Which are the best non-toxic ones

Anybody from or know Imda accounting/ finance team ? Anybody know the working culture? Is it also toxic and bad ?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Which are the best non-toxic ones

You can’t tell before joining one. Depends on which team you allocated to and who you report to.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Every where also has its own toxic , go to wherever that pays better

Better to go to private sector where salary is much more competitive. Of course public sector doesn't severely underpay but it's clear that you won't go far as a farmer in the long run.