ITE Polytechnic Scheme

Got news that they are review the IPS salary scale. anyone with any other news? The exact salary scale?

Salary increment "Eligible officers on the IPS will receive salary adjustments of between 3.5% and 10%.
At the same time, the IPS salary ranges will also be adjusted upwards."

Heard IPS 9 salary cap will be increased by 10%.

folks, I will be joining as a lecturer in March 2023. My starting salary is 4k. I have 3 years work experience in the industry.

I want to stay in the polytechnic for the next 10-15 years.
Salary wise, could someone shed a light on how much salary should I expect in next 5 years and 10 years? How many years does it take for promotions?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

folks, I will be joining as a lecturer in March 2023. My starting salary is 4k. I have 3 years work experience in the industry.

I want to stay in the polytechnic for the next 10-15 years.
Salary wise, could someone shed a light on how much salary should I expect in next 5 years and 10 years? How many years does it take for promotions?

starting salary 4k before or after joining?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

starting salary 4k before or after joining?

i've accepted 4k offer from the polytechnic.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

folks, I will be joining as a lecturer in March 2023. My starting salary is 4k. I have 3 years work experience in the industry.

I want to stay in the polytechnic for the next 10-15 years.
Salary wise, could someone shed a light on how much salary should I expect in next 5 years and 10 years? How many years does it take for promotions?

May I ask why the starting salary for a poly lecturer is so low? I was expecting at least 6-7k for new poly lecturers with a couple of years of working exp.

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i've accepted 4k offer from the polytechnic.

I am currently a senior lecturer at one of the polytechnics and have been in this role for slightly more than 10 years. Speaking from my own experience, I think promotion (i.e. moving to the next IPS) comes about once every 5 years if your progression is smooth.

However, I have seen colleagues who longer to attain promotion (there are also some who has no promotion since god knows how long). So I guess a lot depends on your performance which means you need to build your own portfolio, such as industry projects or developing CET programmes. Just being good at teaching alone is seldom enough.

To answer your second question on salary, I guess an average of $200-$300 increment each year is a realistic expectation, assuming you don't get stuck at any IPS grade. You can get a slightly higher increment on the year of your promotion (about $400-500).

You can use this to predict how your salary will be like in 5 to 10 years time. But as I mentioned earlier, a lot depends on your performance.

No, that's the misconception. Your salary is always based on the IPS level you are on and the annual salary package. If you look at it from a annual perspective, a 4k salary should come up to:

12 months: 48k
13th month: 4k
performance bonus (about 1.5mth for a newbie C grade): 6k
govt bonus mid year+ end year(based on 2022): 5.6k

So total you are looking at around 63k.

A 6k salary is IPS 7.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

folks, I will be joining as a lecturer in March 2023. My starting salary is 4k. I have 3 years work experience in the industry.

I want to stay in the polytechnic for the next 10-15 years.
Salary wise, could someone shed a light on how much salary should I expect in next 5 years and 10 years? How many years does it take for promotions?

Lol, I joined in March a few years ago. I'll say based on my experience.

For your first year, definitely expect a C grade and pro-rated bonuses. Take the first 2 years to get used to the job and don't chiong KPIs. There will be some training to complete so spend more time on those.

It is quite hard to say what your progression will be like as there's a lot of factors behind it. I have people in my dept who have been there for 10 years and still havent gotten their senior lecturer promotion yet. For promotion, you can expect once every 5-6 years. But that also comes down to your department. If you have a good RO, he/she will prompt you on when to step up. Another way you can look at it is your salary ceiling. Each IPS also has a salary range, if you hit the top limit or are close to it, then you should be due for promotion. But they recently increased this top limit, so you can expect to take a longer time to hit the ceiling.

Its good to look long term, but pls be prepared to go back to the industry every few years. Things are changing so fast, that my older colleagues are having trouble keeping up with the changes.