A*Star (Agency for Science, Technology and Research)

Understand many of the astar employees are on renewal contracts. Are there instances where the contract are not renew? How common is it?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

A STAR has title inflation

Head is actually manager only

public service so cannot judge by title.. titles here are very inflated for roles snd responsibilities (bit like MTI)

unless you're a researcher, it's just admin work and research adnin at that.. not gonna have transfer to real world or even within public sector

Does anyone know anything about AES grading?

Nobody works for astar here ah?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Understand many of the astar employees are on renewal contracts. Are there instances where the contract are not renew? How common is it?

It is common to see employees’ contract not being renewed, especially for the past one year.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

It is common to see employees’ contract not being renewed, especially for the past one year.

Quite common to see contracts not being renewed.

Sometimes, it is due to funds running out.

Or the employee not good enough for a permanent job.

[Ethan1206]

Hi, new member here. Does A*STAR Corporate role use the MX pay grade system? What is the DD salary range in ASTAR now? Thank you!

Originally Posted by Ethan1206

Hi, new member here. Does A*STAR Corporate role use the MX pay grade system? What is the DD salary range in ASTAR now? Thank you!

The mx grades are standardized for the Civil Service.

Stat boards have their own grades.

However, they tend to align with the Civil Service grades.

[Ethan1206]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

The mx grades are standardized for the Civil Service.

Stat boards have their own grades.

However, they tend to align with the Civil Service grades.

Does fixed-term contract (renewable) psotion uses the same grade scheme as permanent position?

Originally Posted by Ethan1206

Does fixed-term contract (renewable) psotion uses the same grade scheme as permanent position?

Yes, they use it for the temp jobs.