I have my doubt. Before I join I thought there is a HR that oversee the whole group to ensure the salary is standardise but after working here for 6 years as contract it seems very apparent. Every division have their own HR.

And their own practices
Eg. Some division every hire is a perm staff. Only minimal outsource. Some other division every hire is outsource, only a few perm.

Its hit or miss. Some staff is perm quit and rejoin as contract. Some is outsource quit join another division in another block auto perm.

There is no standard.

actually at same levels/ranks, their packages really lag behind civil service by a mile

The things they do are different too. In terms of paying non technical people well, ST does not lag that much behind.

Provide examples. thanks!

I seriously think working in ncs or St is like wasting yr life

let's not go overboard. just a waste of career 😆

which job is not a waste of time
 

career is just to earn a living. where just some job have more meaning to it. even if you become boss. company no money, what kind of big idea or hero act you can do, nobody will care about it.

just like y everybody here in this forum, first is money then what other better thing to do for self satisfaction.

I saw an ex colleague who was a DD in ST but now only a AD in Civil svc

What is AD and DD?

It's well known that the titles in ST are inflated one