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Old 24-01-2016, 12:17 PM
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I have switched about 7 jobs in 10 years. I have seen some good, some bad, some ugly.
Just doing a poll, what give you job happiness.
Good pay?
Good work life?
Good boss n colleague?

I will start first.
I used to be in NCS, Accenture, Panasonic, DB
I think DB is the best till date. Cause depending on which project, you can have good work life flexibility. My boss and me belong to a niche team so he is more of a colleague than a boss.
I think boss is actually the core factor in a job, if the job does not eat into 50% of personal time. Like when I was in Accenture, I sleep 4hr daily. When I was in NCS I was paid 2k. My crazy panasonic boss likes to implement strict controls and tight deadline

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Old 24-01-2016, 01:53 PM
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Most Singaporean are badly paid. Living by our good Asian culture of "low pay better than no pay"
Very hard to have work life balance.

High pay high stress is common.
Low pay less stress is possible not really given

If basic pay cannot influence, then no need say about work life

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Old 24-01-2016, 02:04 PM
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Different people has different priority. It doesn't work for everyone, so you will likely get different answers in here.

From most surveys, Singaporeans say salary is their highest priority. Seems to me they are willing to take any hardship as long as they get a high salary end of the month. They can smile even when they work 18 hours day, under a psychopathic boss.

Some people can handle bad bosses and colleagues better. Probably they know how to play office politics well.

Some people, especially married women, may place work life balance as their top priority, never mind lower salary or terrible environment.

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When I was a fresh grad 18hr is OK, pay and prospect is priority. I have no life anyway.
Then I grew older, have kids. Work flexibility matters.

A good boss is always a sustainability factor.
Imagine, you want to leave a prospect less job, a good boss will always weigh heavy in the decision making process
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We are living in there Era of huge competition. Where countries and individual citizens are put to the test.
Job satisfaction has degraded to the level of wage negotiations.

Being a unionless state, what more quality do we expect
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We are living in there Era of huge competition. Where countries and individual citizens are put to the test.
Job satisfaction has degraded to the level of wage negotiations.

Being a unionless state, what more quality do we expect
70% voted for this! I don't want to hear anymore complaints!
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Old 24-01-2016, 03:10 PM
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in any case, are graduate employment survey results accurate? the average for NUS/SMU kids is like 3.5k-ish but job listing nowadays only list 3k for grad positions.
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I worked very hard in my career and was a high flying executive earning big bucks. Today I can retire at the age of just 52 as my fortune is enough to allow me to retire. Many in this forum in their 50s are still struggling at work. My advice to the youngsters here to work hard during your career and you can reap the benefits of early retirement like what I am doing now. Now is the happiest moment of my life.
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in any case, are graduate employment survey results accurate? the average for NUS/SMU kids is like 3.5k-ish but job listing nowadays only list 3k for grad positions.
There could be some bias. Participation in such surveys is usually voluntary. It could be those who do well and who get good jobs responded to the survey. Those still unemployed or in low paying temporary jobs might have chosen not to respond; they are under-represented.

Thus the results are skewed towards the more optimistic side. Especially if the survey is done by recruitment agencies, they are incentivised to dangle a carrot that is larger than reality to attract people to apply for jobs. Tertiary institutions also tend to play up the employability figures and salaries to show their graduates are highly sought after in the job market, to attract potential students. Even figures provided by government may be massaged or presented in some way to manage public sentiments or for political reasons.
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I have switched about 7 jobs in 10 years. I have seen some good, some bad, some ugly.
Just doing a poll, what give you job happiness.
Good pay?
Good work life?
Good boss n colleague?

I will start first.
I used to be in NCS, Accenture, Panasonic, DB
I think DB is the best till date. Cause depending on which project, you can have good work life flexibility. My boss and me belong to a niche team so he is more of a colleague than a boss.
I think boss is actually the core factor in a job, if the job does not eat into 50% of personal time. Like when I was in Accenture, I sleep 4hr daily. When I was in NCS I was paid 2k. My crazy panasonic boss likes to implement strict controls and tight deadline

Anyone else care to share
Share what? This whole thread is very vague.

Is this about:

1. How to find job satisfaction?
2. Employment history?
3. Pros and cons, likes and dislikes of each job?
4. What factors are more important (or less important) for staying in a job?
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