IMDA (under MCI)

Wow Spencer is hiring

Originally Posted by Unregistered

This shows the incompetency of the HR director

just there to work and make money

zero awareness zero empathy

whole HR is a waste of taxpayers money

Originally Posted by Unregistered

linkedin.com/in/adrian-ong-898296135

Adrian Ong was only promoted to D in 2018 but wrote 2016 on his linkedin

he is not only an abusive boss but a big fat liar too!

I asked my friends if they consider it lying, they say no, its a minor issue. as long as he is a director somewhere within the period he put.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Wow Spencer is hiring

spencer chua is a slippery person

never trust him as he will backstab you

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Got so jialat a not…

Got.
I went for interview, and I mentioned I was w IMDA doing…
And interviewer stopped me and advised me not to bring up IMDA if I want to stand a chance to get the job

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Got.
I went for interview, and I mentioned I was w IMDA doing…
And interviewer stopped me and advised me not to bring up IMDA if I want to stand a chance to get the job

Talk cock la, interviewer won't do that please, they won't be so judgemental at first instance nor they will stop you on talking about your past experiences. Instead, they will chose to question deeper in areas of their interest. Try harder next time.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Many from the current batch don't seem good.. industry wondering WTH is up with IMDA's hiring policies.

No local keen to join so they had to resort to hiring PRs from china who don't even have a decent level of english proficiency

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I think that at least some parts of IMDA have reason to exist, for example the regulatory functions like for media, telecom, PDPC. There are existing projects that IMDA could be excelling at, and exciting ones that IMDA could take on.

But as one other poster described it... "poverty of leadership". How many leaders like ACE, D, DD, are here for the long haul, as compared to being secondees who are just going through a rite of passage in being seconded, and are here to chalk up some quick high-profile wins on their CVs so that when they return to mothership they can get promoted? To many of them, staff are mere tools to help them achieve these objectives. They don't actually care about the welfare and development of staff, and they're only "nice" to staff to the extent that it helps them achieve their self-interested objectives.

Now, whether these ACE/D/DDs are here for the long or short term, how many have actual domain knowledge in the area they're supervising? What can they actually contribute? Can we count the number on two hands? One hand?

My colleagues and I write speeches and TPs, and hell - we know how much domain knowledge and experience the folks giving them have. I've personally witnessed Ds and DDs making inaccurate representations to sister agencies and foreign government officials quite a few times because of lack of domain expertise, and even saying things antithetical to IMDA's policies. It left me completely speechless. But these people still get the glory and promotions and move on. The speechwriters, who actually know their stuff, continue to be small cogs in the machinery.

And even if these ACE/D/DDs here for the long haul, are they decent towards staff, or tyrannical/dictators, acting purely in their own self interest, or power hungry and trying to expand their empire and build fiefdoms?

It *might* work when the self-interest of these people coincide with what's good for IMDA overall. But I think much much more often than not, the interests of this gargantuan gaggle of bad eggs diverge as between themselves, let alone as between themselves and IMDA, resulting in a heck of a mess within IMDA and low morale at the working level.

A bunch of colleagues and I are actually worried about the future of Singapore and policies in relation to key areas that IMDA is responsible for. It's like watching a huge grand building slowly burn and collapse, and not being able to do anything about it.

This is because HR's talent management and development plan is ****ed up

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Wow Spencer is hiring

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those devil horns fit the guy on the left perfectly

Hi, i will be interviewing for Assistant Manager/Manager (Jobs & Skills). Can anyone advise whether it is a good role and is the department good? And also, what will the salary be like? Thanks!