Originally Posted by Unregistered (Post 273682)

I believe your sponsored degree is recognised within your own ministry right? If you want to leave your current and to have your degree recognised in another stat board or ministry, you cannot go through the transfer programme, instead, you have to go through the fresh hire path which means your extended leave benefits and salary package will not be transferrable. Also, the starting pay package that they will likely offer you will be based on a fresh grad kind of starting salary which yes, might be lower than your current one. Your previous 12 years exp while holding on to a diploma may not be fully taken into consideration because if you are applying for a role which requires a degree, usually HR only consider the years of experience after you have obtained your degree. If the role you interviewed has relevancy to the previous 12 years, the HR may consider you to have some experience and offer you a slightly higher than fresh grad pay.

It all depends on how you see this matter in the long term. You want to take a pay cut now and have a wider progression path and longer retirement age or you didn't want to have a pay cut and don't mind having a shorter retirement age.

I was from the diploma path and obtained a degree later on my own and rejoined the PS as a "fresh hire grad"

Originally Posted by Unregistered (Post 273701)

Thanks for sharing. At what age did you rejoin?

Originally Posted by Unregistered (Post 273902)

Could anyone compare the annual pay and career progression of a software engineer role in URA, LTA and IMDA please? got offers from these three statboards with similar base pay, would like to hear more in-depth views from you guys. Thanks!

Originally Posted by Unregistered (Post 273903)

ura lta then imda

though none of the three are the best options.

Originally Posted by Unregistered (Post 273902)

Could anyone compare the annual pay and career progression of a software engineer role in URA, LTA and IMDA please? got offers from these three statboards with similar base pay, would like to hear more in-depth views from you guys. Thanks!

Originally Posted by Unregistered (Post 273922)

Thanks for your advice! I will have to pick one from them as I have no better offers yet.

do you mind to further explain why URA > LTA > IMDA in terms of pay and prospect please?

Originally Posted by Unregistered (Post 273928)

Would advise you not to just look at job and prospect, but also read about the agency culture because if the agency culture is bad, no matter how good is the money, you also will leave. There are threads about LTA and IMDA over here.

Originally Posted by Unregistered (Post 273933)

Good point. As for me, I was referred by my friend for IMDA role, who shared with me the team's culture actually quite good though I did see many bad comments about the top management.

At my current stage, I care more about the annual pay as I might hop again after 2-5 years, so would like to hear more about their bonus structure and promotion frequency etc.

really appreciate your advice!