3/14/2007

Civil Service caught napping?

The salary of new entrants to the Civil Service has lagged behind the private sector over several years. And the difference is not 10 or 20%. The gap is HUGE. Depending on which level one is looking at, the difference can be more than 100%. But for the average entry level graduate, there is at least a 50% gap. And this has been going on for at least two years according to SMU survey. Does it mean that the Civil Service were underpaying their new employees or shortchanging them? What happens to the pegging to the market mechanism? Rip Van Winkle just woke up? Was the Civil Service caught napping?
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 14, 2007 8:38 pm

    The entire civil service should be fired, and re-hired by privatised companies supplying what we have as "government services" today.

    Then they will EARN their market-based pay. Otherwise it is simply a "guaranteed job"/"iron ricebowl".

    There is too much fat in the civil service. Too many lazy buggers who don't have a clue what a hard day's work really is.

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  2. Chua Chin Leng蔡镇龍 aka redbeanMarch 15, 2007 12:05 pm

    what an observation!

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