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Work culture in IHiS
Anyone has things to share about the working culture? Benefits? Is it considered a GLC?
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was offered a role as manager there for around 8k |
anyone care to venture an opinion? true blue singaporean here
heard they are mostly into SAP |
Good place to farm and retire
Mostly IT-based support for healthcare sector. It is a stable environment to work in, with work/life balance that means you get to knock off on time and your weekends will be untouched (unless you're on maintenance). Salary will not be fantastic but you can expect the standard 13 month + AWS (only)
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ihis life is not easy. It really depends on what role u r in. Some roles require u to run here run there, attend meetings, do support etc... It has a decent annual sal package. On top of 13 mth, it has an average vb of ard 3 mths. It has a high turnover rate too. Some people came here for few months and left, prolly they don't like the nature of the job. Though health sector seems interesting but like other sectors, it is not easy as it seems to be. Be mentally prepared if you are offered a job in ihis.
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Turn over very high. Up to you to imagine why
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got an interview for their graduate programme. any1 knows how the salary like?
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is there worklife balance in ihis? heard the turnover rate is high
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Turnover rate is typical of any govt linked IT coy, e.g. NCS, ST, DSTA, etc. Not easy to work for govt, many paper work and approvals to go through and always get squeezed with tight budget projects. Promotion exercise happens only once a year, takes around 3 or more years to move up 1 level.
Benefits is slightly better than those big IT outsourcing coys. Fresh grads start with 21 days leave, salary comparable to working in gov sector, 13mth + avg 3 mth aws. Good job security, healthcare won't run out of business. Long work hours depending on individual, generally after 6.30pm the office is around 10% filled. Got pros and cons, those people who stay longer are those who can adapt to the paperwork/bureaucratic environment of the govt sector coy or who have strong passion to serve in the healthcare industry. |
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i see that their sap positions are always available, then i asked around and heard that the work is pretty tough and turnover is high.
decided not to apply for ihis and joined another company. |
the good thing is, my friends working there can take long lunch breaks, tea breaks, morning breaks, dinner breaks as long as they like.
my frend's paper work along took as long as 3 months, which means he did almost nothing for 3 months while getting paid. how great can life be? u will be working with many old birds around - nobody's breathing down your neck like in the private sector. to them, it's like a job for retirement. no risk, no surprises, and pretty stable. who knows, the vacancies might be a sign of expanding sector too. healthcare industry is now expanding especially in sg with influx of foreign talents, better technology, and higher cancer rates. |
I heard there is no work life balance there. Quite messy in the management. Turnover rate is high, that is why they keep recruiting people. Wondering why some people can stay there for long while others left within a short period of time.
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There are mixture of positive and negative informations about IHIS. Is there any current/past employee able to verify on the information? It would be nice if you would insights of the work life and remuneration in IHIS.
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- Worklife balance depending on which projects you are in. - Flexible hours depending on your boss. (Some bosses tends to micro-manage.) - AWS + avg 2.5 vb - Benefits are generally better than other company. e.g 21 days leave, mobile allowance... Cons: - 24/7 support because you are mainly supporting the hospitals (sick also must work) - Slow Promotion Cycle (3 to 5 years promote once) - High turnover rate (mainly middle management and junior level) - High workload (you will be supporting two or more projects and dunno how many hospitals, not counting the projects you are supposed to backup your colleagues.) - Less internal promotion because newly joined middle/higher management will bring in their own guys (mostly senior level, even without healthcare experience). - Poor leadership. Skill needed: You will need to know how to pull string to get promoted. (1 to 2 years promote once) It has a nickname called Old Folks Home because most higher management are there to retire. Good company for those with no aspiration to climb the corporate ladder and wants a stable job or work till retirement. |
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I wouldn't recommend this company for those who are young and aspire to go up the IT chain. All the management get in their own lackeys who usually are good in politics but not in getting the work done. It will take forever to get promoted unless you are a lackey of the big boss.
There are lots of clicks in the office and if you belong to one then you are OK. working here won't really improve your career prospects. Like someone rightly pointed out above it is for those who want to come and retire and want the security afforded by the GLC. Having ihis in your resume will not wow anybody and they seldom attract the kind of bright young individuals who are capable. Don't join the company in the prime of your years, join it when you are close to retirement and can get a role like director. |
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Pay and benefits may be good, but work/life balance there isn't and you may even get calls on weekends if you're on projects. Some of us are on both projects as well as maintenance, so getting calls for either is not uncommon. |
Meaningful work
Actually, it’s quite fast paced here. The Regional Health Systems (healthcare groups) are expanding and prepared to invest in IT. Pay/benefits not bad at all.
My view is that it’s a good place to grow, ‘cause you get to work on latest systems, major projects, and they invest in your training. We get calls from headhunters ‘cause there’s a shortage of experienced healthcare-IT ppl. But I don’t think the turnover here is higher than in other IT companies. I am here ‘cause of the meaningful work and good colleagues. Sometimes before a project roll out, I see team mates still in the office into the night and I am still here too. It’s not ‘cause we have to, but because the project can save lives, and we all feel an urgency to help. |
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Having said that, this is a rice bowl enviroment if you can accept to be scolded and restart the next day. In short, ask around, probably not good remarks across the industry All my friend left citing the same reason. Stress, no worklife balance, scolded by customers like no tomorrow, pay peanut using Ah kong money but expect to be treated like king. |
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Their pay is reasonable. AWS, VB and benefits are pretty good when compared to many companies. For fresh graduates, just as what many here have said, stay away for you won't learn much. This cannot be your first job. You will waste your time here. If you have a thing for the healthcare sector, there are better places. This is a place for people who prepare to retire or enjoy bragging about the "big" things they had done when all they actually were doing were making phone calls and sending out emails, talking, talking and talking. That's the kind of IT you will be in, if you join them. You're warned. |
I think depends which team /project/ healthcare grp you’re working with. Personally, I find the docs, nurses quite appreciative.
To say we’re just middlemen is wrong. My team implements systems to achieve targets eg shorten process time 30%, reduce human errors - to improve nurses’ productivity or improve patient care/safety/waiting times. To do this, we find suitable applications technologies equipment, and we write interfaces to sync them together. Plus we write additional applications to achieve exactly what we want. We pilot the system in a ward with the healthcare staff, refine, then implement across the hospital. The hospitals’ statistics show benefits the systems have achieved. Eg. reduced medication errors & improved patient care. Working on such systems is satisfying. |
At IHiS, you procure some systems from vendors –MNCs, SMEs, and you develop some bespoke systems with internal teams. On-going systems mgt - depends what type of system. Some you manage vendors for after-service, some you have internal maintenance teams, some routine maintenance outsourced.
This is if you are in project mgt teams. But there are other teams - customer facing CIO teams, development teams, maintenance teams, infrastructure teams, architecture teams. IHiS also has offices near different hospital grps. Some teams very good camraderie, some teams so-so. So life can be quite different. Not happy with your users, team, work - can ask to change. |
I concur on the lackey mentality. Those who are close to the senior management have opportunities, the rest just languish on the sidelines. Good if you're not ambitious and just want to collect a paycheck. If you start your career or join mid career into this kind of company, you will lose a lot of your technical skills, you will become a shadow operator or one who is good at playing politics.
Avoid at all costs unless you are part of mid/senior management |
would there be lots of after office works and weekend
For system engineer on project.. arent the staff only work for a site as in 1 hospital only?
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i have a job offer as sr systems engineer, can someone give some insights?
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Most times, we are sandwiched btwn mgmt and the users and those who work in offices directly facing the users are the worst hit. If you think work in the healthcare industry should give you worklife balance, then you are wrong. Public holidays are always reserved for system maintenance or implementations. If you happen to work with a good team, you may be able to enjoy your planned leave break from work. However, if you're in a lean team, you can be sure that your break will be disturbed and interrupted. To say that a certain degree of 'calling' is needed to work in IHIS is quite true. |
hmmm....I have got an interview 3 weeks back, still no update. anyone knows the salary for a PM role?
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No matter how existing stafff try to beautify the job, there is no denying of the fact the place is far from attractive.
When was the last time you heard some guy who was offered a job in Google, IBM, SAP, Microsoft, Oracle etc. gave up and come to join IHiS? If you look at the profile of the IT guys there, it's mostly people with CVs in SMEs, stat boards or GLC. Even then most of them don't stay long and hop onto another place fast. The pay is only so so, basic + 1 mth aws + 2 mth bonus on average with erratic work hours. For those no choice because you cant get better offers or no ambition to move up, the job security and camaraderie might be attractive. For the rest, stay away if you can. |
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i challenge you to name me who exactly in IHIS was a top talent in these mega mncs. please lor, an associate or engineer in Exxon or any of the oil supermajor is likely paid more than a director in IHIS. the top talents there are paid much more than even the top drs here. want to lie at least do it better, dun spread false info to mislead others who are thinking of applying |
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Is this place a good starting point for fresh graduates?
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