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how much is the current starting pay from a local uni scholar to a stat board?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

150+k to 160+k pa depending on bonuses, based on past 2 years at 9k gross.

Is this rank considered a manager or senior manager role?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Do you think you are performing better than the general peers? or is this a norm progression?

I think I am just a normal farmer, not performing any better or worse than general peers (outside my scheme). I am just lucky to be in a good scheme. Just like the saying, once you are a scholar, so long as you don't screw up, you don't need to be over-performing to have a good progression.


This is a normal progression in my scheme I believe.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Is this rank considered a manager or senior manager role?

No, salary grade and appointment does not always go hand in hand. For eg. those in legal or foreign service, they don't need to be M or AD or DD to be earning big bucks. They have their own designations.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I think I am just a normal farmer, not performing any better or worse than general peers (outside my scheme). I am just lucky to be in a good scheme. Just like the saying, once you are a scholar, so long as you don't screw up, you don't need to be over-performing to have a good progression.


This is a normal progression in my scheme I believe.

Which means you are a Scholar? Means also that the rest of civil service will get lower as they are not in special scheme?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Which means you are a Scholar? Means also that the rest of civil service will get lower as they are not in special scheme?

No... Farmer means non-scholar. There are professional schemes out there and you don't simply expect everyone in that scheme to be a scholar right? If everyone is a scholar then that is really a cut-throat environment... maybe that only exists in Admin Service.

Just got a preliminary offer from IMDA for Grade 7 Assistant Manager position. Was told that Grade 7 AM maps to MX13. Was also asked if I'm okay with a $4.4k salary.

I've got 4.5 years of experience. Was promoted to an AM position in my current organisation in 2016.

Is the preliminary offer considered reasonable?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Just got a preliminary offer from IMDA for Grade 7 Assistant Manager position. Was told that Grade 7 AM maps to MX13. Was also asked if I'm okay with a $4.4k salary.

I've got 4.5 years of experience. Was promoted to an AM position in my current organisation in 2016.

Is the preliminary offer considered reasonable?

dude u should at least be M, u seem way too old for AM

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Just got a preliminary offer from IMDA for Grade 7 Assistant Manager position. Was told that Grade 7 AM maps to MX13. Was also asked if I'm okay with a $4.4k salary.

I've got 4.5 years of experience. Was promoted to an AM position in my current organisation in 2016.

Is the preliminary offer considered reasonable?

What’s your age? Are you currrntly with another government agency? If you go for transfer, you will get to keep your bonus.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

What’s your age? Are you currrntly with another government agency? If you go for transfer, you will get to keep your bonus.

I'm currently 28 and not with a government agency. Am not exactly sure how the scheme in an SB works, now that it's not longer an MX scheme.