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Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hello, I am a fresh grad starting my job in gov soon.

I understand that most civil servants are under the MX scheme.

Couldn't find much info other than unofficial salary range for the different levels.

For most fresh grads they start at MX13.

My question is:
1. Within the grades e.g. MX 13, MX 12, are there different levels?
2. Will I have access to my grade or know where I am? So I can guage my level.
3. Can a person be stuck on a particular grade for a prolonged period of time? If so, what if your salary goes last the pay range for a particular grade?
4. On average how long does it take to promote to the next grade, or is this mainly performance based?
5. In different jobs e.g. if you are an engineer, how does it work? My understanding is that mx11 onwards is sort of like management level or deputy director. Is there a deputy director Engineer? Or is it interchangable with e.g. senior engineer
6. How different is the Tech and Engineering scheme from the normal MX scheme?

1. MX 13 and 12 there is a range, no sub-grade. MX 11 there is 11 and 11A (AD & SAD)
2. When you receive your appointment letter, you will see your gross monthly salary and the breakdown, and the range of your current grade. You will be able to gauge how far you are from your ceiling within your current grade.
3. Yes. If you really get stuck for that long, you should consider alternate career choices or look for another position in another agency/ministry.
4. Years of service and performance are taken into consideration. Your education qualifications are also taken into consideration, so be sure to update your HRP profile.
5. Across ministries, titles may be the same but the seniority and grade may be different. Don't need to care too much about your title, care more about your grade and CEP.
7. I am assuming you are talking about grades in agencies like DSTA or HTX where they run on the E1 to E8 rank system. I don't have too much information, but I think E3 is the equivalent of a SAD/DD if I remember correctly.

Don't need to think too much for now, learn as much as you can and do a good job, progression should come with good performance. Hope this helps.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

1. MX 13 and 12 there is a range, no sub-grade. MX 11 there is 11 and 11A (AD & SAD)
2. When you receive your appointment letter, you will see your gross monthly salary and the breakdown, and the range of your current grade. You will be able to gauge how far you are from your ceiling within your current grade.
3. Yes. If you really get stuck for that long, you should consider alternate career choices or look for another position in another agency/ministry.
4. Years of service and performance are taken into consideration. Your education qualifications are also taken into consideration, so be sure to update your HRP profile.
5. Across ministries, titles may be the same but the seniority and grade may be different. Don't need to care too much about your title, care more about your grade and CEP.
7. I am assuming you are talking about grades in agencies like DSTA or HTX where they run on the E1 to E8 rank system. I don't have too much information, but I think E3 is the equivalent of a SAD/DD if I remember correctly.

Don't need to think too much for now, learn as much as you can and do a good job, progression should come with good performance. Hope this helps.

Tysm! Appreciate your reply a lot.

When people say career progression in public service is slow. What do they mean? Promotion to next rank? Increment?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Tysm! Appreciate your reply a lot.

When people say career progression in public service is slow. What do they mean? Promotion to next rank? Increment?

In the past, the increment is based on your grade range, and promotion is based on years in service and whether there is somewhere for you to promote to. Also, CEP plays a big role in how fast you get promoted either. In recent years seem like they are moving to more performance-based assessment, but I don't have too much information either. Do you know your title and grade yet? Your starting point is actually quite important as it can take you more or less years to progress further.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Are u on specialised scheme? Normal mx12 B grader is only $300 increment

no... im normal mx12, my mx11 friend got $300ish for C or C+ grade, cant remb

Originally Posted by Unregistered

no... im normal mx12, my mx11 friend got $300ish for C or C+ grade, cant remb

usually annual increment and merit increment how much ah? can share? by % or by number

does stat boards usually pays better than ministries?

assuming same level

Originally Posted by Unregistered

does stat boards usually pays better than ministries?

assuming same level

If you're talking exact same scheme like MX, then no.

Those who get paid more in stat boards are most likely on a specialised scheme

Originally Posted by Unregistered

usually annual increment and merit increment how much ah? can share? by % or by number

Can you be more specific with your question…

There are salary bands for each grade.

Your increment depends where you are within that band.

They will spread out your increments over your expected duration in that band.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Can you be more specific with your question…

There are salary bands for each grade.

Your increment depends where you are within that band.

They will spread out your increments over your expected duration in that band.

For promotion, do we need to get at least a B for the last 2 years ? I see got ppl promote a
Consecutively twice in a row in a SB..

I often see that fresh grad pay is pegged to honours class.

Can I know what the classification is?

First class honours
Second upper
Second lower
Third
Pass

Does every level add extra money, or is it by groups e.g. FCH has $x more, and the rest are treated the same?