Stat Board (LTA, DSTA, HTX, DSO) now pay so much for fresh engineer graduates???

but engineers just oil parts and change light bulbs, do we really need to pay them that much to do simple tasks? only people worth paying for are SWEs who will add value to any organization

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but engineers just oil parts and change light bulbs, do we really need to pay them that much to do simple tasks? only people worth paying for are SWEs who will add value to any organization

hahaha clearly you dont know what an engineer does at the stat boards mentioned in this thread.

But i do agree that SWE are more sought after, as such their salaries are way higher too

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but engineers just oil parts and change light bulbs, do we really need to pay them that much to do simple tasks? only people worth paying for are SWEs who will add value to any organization

If don't pay them well, then who is going to vote for PAP?

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5k only wtf so little. boomer

yeah man minimum 8k is about right

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Since today years ago, because they finally realised that local capability needs to be built up instead of importing foreign talent.

Oh wait sorry this is civil service and govt jobs. Not like they would offer if the honours classification is below a certain class. Doubt 2nd lower and 3rd class are even considered. Still need to be of a certain standard. Which means they would have gone to other equally or more prestigious companies and roles.

Actually I wonder why the government is working to offer more to attract more engineers from the private sector. Regardless of their educational backgrounds, those who are already in engineering sector for a long time should have enough experience to pick up where things were left off.

The reason is simple. DSO, DSTA, HTX cannot hire foreigners due to the sensitivity of their projects. Now many engineers are transiting into all sort of industries except engineering because the pay is simply more attractive. So boh bian, need to pay them more.

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The reason is simple. DSO, DSTA, HTX cannot hire foreigners due to the sensitivity of their projects. Now many engineers are transiting into all sort of industries except engineering because the pay is simply more attractive. So boh bian, need to pay them more.

but what about other stat boards though? Like lta, pub, hdb? all these also pay around 4.5k for fch

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but what about other stat boards though? Like lta, pub, hdb? all these also pay around 4.5k for fch

LTA bonus is 3-4 months excluding AWS, for the past many years. What do you think?

Fake news! I apply SMRT MA programme, they say max for FCH is $3800. Sia xuay lah.

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Fake news! I apply SMRT MA programme, they say max for FCH is $3800. Sia xuay lah.

You never mention about their bonus? Think it's about the same overall.

Anyway engineering is quite dead-end job in SG. Work odd hours and always got problem happen. SG working culture encourage OT somemore.

No surprise no one wants to be engineer anymore.