Fresh graduate seeking advice (Pte vs Civil Service)

Originally Posted by jobhunter1234

I think it really depends on what you want in life. It is okay either way long as you are happy. I have some friends who enter public from pte sector after few years and vice versa. Grass always greener on the other side...lol. Both sectors have their own pros and cons. Just do what you like and won't be wrong. Me is amateur and grad to be...just my 2 cents.

Let us just end all the quarrel and input more useful stuff for TS.

The grass is much greener on the pte sector side. It pays much more than public sector and there is no career ceiling. Some losers are just unwilling to accept this fact due to their weak-mindedness that allows the employers to exploit them.

Remember in the pte sector, what counts is working smartly and making yourself valuable to neogtiate for higher pay and less work. Fools who think that working hard and staying loyal to company is the way will never get anywhere in their sad miserable life. Private sector has much more work life balance and pay is also much higher. I go home everyday before 530pm and never work weekend in my whole life.

This forum has a lot of people who refuse to admit their incompetence and blindly just repeat nonsense like pte sector has no work life balance and must work OT all the time. Wake up!!!

Originally Posted by Unregistered

The grass is much greener on the pte sector side. It pays much more than public sector and there is no career ceiling. Some losers are just unwilling to accept this fact due to their weak-mindedness that allows the employers to exploit them.

Remember in the pte sector, what counts is working smartly and making yourself valuable to neogtiate for higher pay and less work. Fools who think that working hard and staying loyal to company is the way will never get anywhere in their sad miserable life. Private sector has much more work life balance and pay is also much higher. I go home everyday before 530pm and never work weekend in my whole life.

This forum has a lot of people who refuse to admit their incompetence and blindly just repeat nonsense like pte sector has no work life balance and must work OT all the time. Wake up!!!

Precisely! I second that. I just couldn't get this idea across that the guy who kept on telling ppl to work OT and coming back to work on weekends. He/she is thinking that these are norms.

[Happyone]

There are many other job scope available in ACRA besides filing and all.
And does anyone know what is the payscale like in ACRA?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

The grass is much greener on the pte sector side. It pays much more than public sector and there is no career ceiling. Some losers are just unwilling to accept this fact due to their weak-mindedness that allows the employers to exploit them.

Remember in the pte sector, what counts is working smartly and making yourself valuable to neogtiate for higher pay and less work. Fools who think that working hard and staying loyal to company is the way will never get anywhere in their sad miserable life. Private sector has much more work life balance and pay is also much higher. I go home everyday before 530pm and never work weekend in my whole life.

This forum has a lot of people who refuse to admit their incompetence and blindly just repeat nonsense like pte sector has no work life balance and must work OT all the time. Wake up!!!

hi bro,

most people has the stereotype mindset that pte sector = no work life balance including most of my friends in uni now. do you mind sharing some examples of why you think otherwise? it would be good advice for some of the fresh grads considering our options now

TIA!

I believe that private sector will give u a higher pay in years to come but the starting pay for fresh graduate in MNC is merely a low 3k which is very bad in my opinion. imagine the tuition fee loan of around 20odd thousand. How to settle down and get family with that kind of salary? that said, fresh grads dont even need to think of a car.

The increment is bad for some fields like the engineers. It's only by job hopping that one can realise a salary of 5k within 5 years maybe?

[jobhunter1234]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I believe that private sector will give u a higher pay in years to come but the starting pay for fresh graduate in MNC is merely a low 3k which is very bad in my opinion. imagine the tuition fee loan of around 20odd thousand. How to settle down and get family with that kind of salary? that said, fresh grads dont even need to think of a car.

The increment is bad for some fields like the engineers. It's only by job hopping that one can realise a salary of 5k within 5 years maybe?

I agree. Now job hop also not easy. Many MNCs are freezing headcounts...

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I believe that private sector will give u a higher pay in years to come but the starting pay for fresh graduate in MNC is merely a low 3k which is very bad in my opinion. imagine the tuition fee loan of around 20odd thousand. How to settle down and get family with that kind of salary? that said, fresh grads dont even need to think of a car.

The increment is bad for some fields like the engineers. It's only by job hopping that one can realise a salary of 5k within 5 years maybe?

Wrong. Pte sector MAY give you a higher pay in years to come. There's a 40% chance that a Pte industry will earn more than a civil servant. I got that figure because of estimation of what i see.

A friend of mine, 33 year old in ST, just broke his 5k celling with a honors engineering degree. Again, it depends on your industry. A NSMan i knew while doing reservist is getting 4.2k as a civil engineer, approaching his thirties. Prospects not that good for many engineers.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Wrong. Pte sector MAY give you a higher pay in years to come. There's a 40% chance that a Pte industry will earn more than a civil servant. I got that figure because of estimation of what i see.

A friend of mine, 33 year old in ST, just broke his 5k celling with a honors engineering degree. Again, it depends on your industry. A NSMan i knew while doing reservist is getting 4.2k as a civil engineer, approaching his thirties. Prospects not that good for many engineers.

agree, some of my friends in ST, 5 years exp, with ns, 2nd lower, getting between 3.9 to 4.2k nia!!!

ST u mean Singapore Technologies? it's government linked la. how to pay well???

We are talking about 10-20 years down the MNC pte sectors earning more than the civil servants with the same time frame. I believe pte sectors will out do those civil servant but if u are going for high starting pay
. Civil service is way to go. Unless u are comparing it with banking and traders line
, that's a whole different ball game altogether