anyone working in mediacorp?

miwashi · #1 (**permalink**) 23-09-2011, 11:59 AM

what is the environment and lifestyle like?
i'm interested in getting a job in the publications or online media side.

uturn · #2 (**permalink**) 25-09-2011, 02:10 PM

hmm.. would like to know too

last time heard their benefits quite good

#3 (**permalink**) 25-09-2011, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by miwashi

what is the environment and lifestyle like?
i'm interested in getting a job in the publications or online media side.

They need pple to cut grass... your present work experience is relevant!!!

uturn · #4 (**permalink**) 29-10-2011, 11:42 PM

Hi all, any idea?

Ryan002 · #5 (**permalink**) 04-11-2011, 10:03 AM

Been there.

A word of advice: go freelance.

Firstly, you'll make more money. If you can get $2500 for a writing / filming contract, and you can do 3 at once (as I know most freelancers can), you're in the $7,500 a month category. Why the hell would you want to join their in-house team?

Secondly, Mediacorp is more about who you know than how good you are. Just like 3/4 of the companies out there.That's why they churn out one crap drama after another. Especially Channel 8.

Which isn't to say Korean dramas are any less s**t, but there you go.

Thirdly, this forum is mostly for bankers who don't have a life, and possess crippled imaginations. Or for the wannabes who aspire to join them. There is less creative talent around here than you'd find in a dead stoat, so you're asking in the wrong place.

miwashi · #6 (**permalink**) 04-11-2011, 11:17 AM

i'm not talking about acting but working in their publications arm.

#7 (**permalink**) 13-11-2011, 02:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Ryan002

Been there.

A word of advice: go freelance.

Firstly, you'll make more money. If you can get $2500 for a writing / filming contract, and you can do 3 at once (as I know most freelancers can), you're in the $7,500 a month category. Why the hell would you want to join their in-house team?

Secondly, Mediacorp is more about who you know than how good you are. Just like 3/4 of the companies out there.That's why they churn out one crap drama after another. Especially Channel 8.

Which isn't to say Korean dramas are any less s**t, but there you go.

Thirdly, this forum is mostly for bankers who don't have a life, and possess crippled imaginations. Or for the wannabes who aspire to join them. There is less creative talent around here than you'd find in a dead stoat, so you're asking in the wrong place.

That's not true. I am a banker and I have a life. I end work at 2pm, plays golf and zips around in a BMW. I am creative too. In my free time, I write poems and play in a band twice a week. Life's good...

miwashi · #8 (**permalink**) 22-11-2011, 04:16 PM

so does anyone work at the publications side of mediacorp?

Actually I live very near SPH so if I could get a job there that'd also be great.

#9 (**permalink**) 01-12-2011, 11:22 PM

you should really try making a trip there. The route there is terrible if my memory didn't fail me