IMDA (under MCI)

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Anyone knows what's the culture at Incentive Management and Governance (under Corporate) like?

same same also

Originally Posted by Unregistered

same same also

Thanks. I mean, is it like "notorious"? I am ok if its like the average

Originally Posted by Unregistered

same same also

the ppl i worked with there seem to have poor work life balance, can be 996 when rushing grants processing

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Oh, the infamous CMI Ah Su.
😂

Is she widely known in IMDA to be CMI?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Is she widely known in IMDA to be CMI?

Are u from IMDA HR?

Don’t be lazy. U can read previous entries and decide for urself lo.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hmmm to protect the identity of my friend, i wont reveal the exact period he/she left, all i can say is not very long. He/she worked barely few months. According to my friend, tesa has super high turn over rate because the culture and the boss is toxic. The demoralization can be felt within weeks you are there because the boss has anger management issue and has the habit of "name and shame" you infront of internal and external parties. It just makes one feel so super unappreciated after long hours of working. People can't wait to leave for the sake of their mental well-being? In my point of view, i am actually quite shocked when my friend told me about such bosses because i thought such era should have long gone? And working in public service before we have a code of conduct to follow and i seriously doubted the capability of HR getting rid of such bosses.

Many people i spoke to agree that imda in general is working super long hours and is common to work past mid night because directions keep changing and so are the working document (e.g. PowerPoint) that is required to be submitted or presented to the management. It is all about amending papers and ppt to what the bosses would like it to be. The way my friend spoke about it makes me feel like, everyone is required to be a marketeer.

hearsay about this toxic division from colleagues before, now I can confirm it's true

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the ppl i worked with there seem to have poor work life balance, can be 996 when rushing grants processing

Yea. Back to back meeting from 8am to 7pm, then do own work in the evening

hi all in IMDA currently, what is it like in emerging tech & foresight division / Infocomm policy in terms of culture? nice boss or team? or how about red tape?

asking as soon-to-be fresh grad who is job hunting

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hi all in IMDA currently, what is it like in emerging tech & foresight division / Infocomm policy in terms of culture? nice boss or team? or how about red tape?

asking as soon-to-be fresh grad who is job hunting

Culture all the same

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Culture all the same

means not worth it as my first job ah or? cos my long term plan is to hop to policy in big tech but need to pick up some experience first