Enterprise Singapore hiriing timeframe
 

Hi guys... anybody got try their luck with enterprise Singapore?

How is the pay progression like here? Also is the job scope exciting?

very political place..avoid

Agree with the above poster.avoid this place.ppl here are selfish and politics are quite serious .turnover is pretty high too.

I did get an interview before... They took one month to interview me.. Then another another 6 months to get back to me lol...

And they just called me out of the blue...

From the comments above happy I disntnjoin

i've a very bad experience when i interviewed for a job before they merged (IE and spring). in a nutshell, it is very disorganised. i was led to "believing" that they want me and was dropped at the last round, after 4 intensive interviews.

won't recommend, even though i didn't join in the end.

Yes, I have also been to the first and second interviews. The interviewers had the arrogant vibe, and think too highly of themselves. It is better to join other stat boards.

I agree. There was a female HR interviewer in the interviewer panel. Her position was "HR business partner", but shockingly she looks v.young & speak inexperiencendly (highly likely below 30yrs old). So as to meet so called senior reps of startups/smes, i believe their ranks can be purposefully inflated to wrong extent.

lol

Hi guys, Im applying for the Global Markets section. Hows the work culture? Still political?

Wonder how long will they take to get back to me. Submitted my application 1 week ago. Typically govt agencies take 1 month to call you up after submitting your application.

But really excited about the job scope and really want to get out of my current shithole

Bad Vibes
 

I went for interview and the Global Markets Director was very condescending and asked intrusive questions about my children and Husband before he dropped the bomb that there was a lot of over time and travelling involved. I mentioned I was ok with it but he looked impatient. Maybe cos I was a married lady he didn’t like it

HR also asked very personal questions to me

Very arrogant workplace, very selfish and elitist people, not pro-family.

AVOID. Plenty of other opportunities that pay well and treat employees like Human. Don’t fall for a sexy-sounding job and be treated like crap:(

Should I try EDB or enterprise Singapore? If only one of the two

EDB for sure.

Is this for China division? I had a very similar experience last year.

I agree. Top management (especially ministers) are often EDB/MAS alumni and see these two agencies as being on top of the pyramid, surpassing even ministries. When they speak, it's often "EDB and MAS should look into this further..." and hardly mention other agencies. Within the Firefly (MTI) stat boards, EDB has been the "big brother" - not surprising since its establishment pre-dates MTI itself.

Perhaps because of this mentality, MAS/EDB are very powerful and their respective parent ministries have only very nominal control over them.

Furthermore, any M&A is bound to create friction, be it "cultural" clash/"territorial" conflict etc, and ESG is not immune to it. Turnover has been high since the merger, with the new chief executive (himself an EDB alumni) "running a tight ship". The HR issue is quite acute, and it's not gone unnoticed by people up there.

They really need warm bodies right now, but I suggest those considering ESG to wait till things settle down first, before we have a clearer picture of how it's like compared to EDB.

Is there an overlap in roles between ESG and EDB?

Generally speaking in layman terms, ESG deals with SMEs while EDB deals with MNCs

Hi. Middle East division. Crappy people in there. Dodged a bullet

ESG Grades
 

Hi all does anybody knows what is ESG's ES Scheme like?

from which grade to which, what is the apex and what is the fresh entry grade?

Many thanks.

**** place. Avoid. Know plenty of ppl from there. Turnover very high. Political as fk

Yes agree really Fu*k place. Dont go there to work.

What's the salary like under their management associate programme?

Hi, may I check how accurate are these sentiments beyond hear-say, anyone that has worked or currently working in ESG can verify the culture? Thanks

seems so. know of ppl in there who joined less than 6 months are plotting to gtfo already. have previously worked with some folks from there — agree with above posters: arrogant and not much substance

there are many other orgs around that does industry devt type of work, if you’re into such roles, why not consider them instead

anyone knows how the culture like in ESG Innovation & Enterprise
Global Innovation Network division?

Did anyone apply for their MA program?

no. dun waste tym

Why is it bad?

****ing do yourself a favour and dont join. Its worse to have a short unexplainable stint in your resume than to be more patient and take a few months more to find a proper job.

DONT JOIN.

worst stat board ever.

Can you share more details? What happened

hearsay the starting pay is 4.2k and got graduation bonus of up to 5 months
even got overseas rotation during the MA program

Where did you get your source from? Do they look at the class of honours for the starting basic pay?

Why the bad feedback about ESG, anyone can verify?

i got the offer lol but i rejected. first class +100 more nia

The 4.2K is during the 1 year MAP or after the 1 year MAP?

Dont join ESG.

During the MAP

lol esg....join and u will regret. there are many things in life you wish you could have gotten right. dont even try.

Anyone heard back from them recently?

Not me sadly :( when was your interview?