IMDA (under MCI)

Originally Posted by Unregistered

GovTech and CSA on par

IMDA is filled with generalists (pun intended) so nothing glamorous about it

CSA is nowhere on par with GovTech. They try their best to elevate their status by claiming to be under PMO but the reality is that they are an agency administrated by MCI and hence under MCI

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Why the high turnover?

Direction from senior management is vague, ends up being a pretty toxic environment where it’s like the blind chasing the blind esp with programmes being revised but actually not being much different. Turnover is high is other of imda too, it’s not unique to MIG.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Which department are you working in? From what I know, most departments are working day and night, over weekends and at the beck and call of bosses.

I only work 2 hours a day but I also tell everyone I'm working day and night and over the weekends.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I only work 2 hours a day but I also tell everyone I'm working day and night and over the weekends.

no offense, but the most likely division with these kind of flexibility to zuo bo is prob corporate.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Here's my assessment of our agency

CE is clearly not up to par, lack of domain knowledge and ZERO industry experience. Like what another person said, it probably resulted in some senior management quitting.

HR department is mainly young folks/fresh grads and refugees who did internal transfer. The essence of HR is missing in IMDA. HR is supposed to be the one department that can unite staff but that's not the case.

This CE is just another parachute, sometimes I feel he is just too full of himself and make unnecessary unpleasant comments. He can't be on par because he is just another yes man. He should brush up on his industry knowledge rather than always harp on ppt. We aren't hired to be a marketer, if marketing is only what he is capable of, I feel MTI or EDB is a better place for him.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

This CE is just another parachute, sometimes I feel he is just too full of himself and make unnecessary unpleasant comments. He can't be on par because he is just another yes man. He should brush up on his industry knowledge rather than always harp on ppt. We aren't hired to be a marketer, if marketing is only what he is capable of, I feel MTI or EDB is a better place for him.

Spot on man...that paper general ownself no technical expertise so only can only touch on general things like ppt aesthetics. He should go join or rather get parachuted into DSG if he likes to talk about designs.

s://.todayonline.com/singapore/15-former-senior-saf-officers-now-top-public-servants-best-available-persons-job-chan-chun

Doesn't reflect well on the agency if the work is so general that any Tom, dick and Harry can come in and do/manage. Means the work is largely administrative (staff work) and not much niche skills involved.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Doesn't reflect well on the agency if the work is so general that any Tom, dick and Harry can come in and do/manage. Means the work is largely administrative (staff work) and not much niche skills involved.

agencies with parachuters always have stringent hiring requirements for the junior and mid-level so that they can work for the top bosses who are parachuted. if the whole agency is filled with people from the ex-military, you see where it will end up to be and the incompetency of the top bosses will surely be visible.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Agree. At least when it was still Steve Leonard, he is actual tech experience, tech understanding - see how he rose then-IDA up. He had his faults too but at the very least, he had the correct understanding of tech, the vision for where then-IDA needed to go, and how to get it there by building up the right places etc.

The following CEs... well...

SL was good. TKH was still ok, at least he had experience in MCI before joining IMDA.

But this LCH...I'm speechless, how is he even evaluated to be the best person in singapore to lead the organisation?