Breaking: Civil servants happier than private employees

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</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=452 colSpan=2>Civil servants happier than private employees
By industry, workers in entertainment, arts, and recreation were happiest

By TEH SHI NING
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CIVIL servants are happier than private sector employees, says a survey by local online jobs portal JobsCentral.

The August poll of 5,460 working adults in Singapore on their job satisfaction levels, showed that the average employee here is 'neutral' about their work with a happiness score of 56.4 on the survey's scale of 0 to 100.
Respondents who work for the government had an average happiness score of 58.5, higher than the 55.9 average scored by employees in the private sector.
'The current downturn has probably made the employee value proposition of working as a civil servant even better compared to the badly hit private sector,' said JobsCentral chief executive Lim Der Shing.
Of the respondents, about 17 per cent were government employees. Singapore's civil service currently hires about 2 per cent of the 2.94 million employees here.
By industry, employees in arts, entertainment and recreation were happiest, with a score of 69, followed by those in real estate and leasing services. On the other end, workers in the manufacturing of paper products and printing, as well as fabricated metal products, scored lowest.
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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>By job function, those in education and training, public relations and consulting, were most satisfied at work, with scores of close to 60.
The survey also sought to uncover what employees value in their jobs. Advancement opportunities was ranked the most important work attribute but was also the one that most were least satisfied with.
Acceptable work demands and salary were ranked second and third most important.
Pay was also what respondents were most dissatisfied with about their jobs, after a lack of career advancement. It was no surprise then, that the unhappiest respondents earn below $1,000 a month.
Other findings that the survey threw up included men being slightly happier about their jobs than women, and that older employers tend to be happier. Those with higher educational qualifications were also more likely to be happy at work.

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[singveld]

no joke
without cheap FT to fight for their job.

if i am them, i also very happy
so happy, i smile at night during sleep.

 

[Internet Brigade]

no joke
without cheap FT to fight for their job.

if i am them, i also very happy
so happy, i smile at night during sleep.

Get over yourself and learn to appreciate the good things in your life.

for example, at least you have the money to subscribe to an internet account to come to this forum on your pc to kpkb about your inadequacies.

 

[saratogas]

I'm looking at the numbers, survey's scale of 0 to 100, civil servants 58.5, private sector 55.9. Both are very low scores to me.

No wonder PAP win of 66.6% is a mandate!

 

[shOUTloud]

Get over yourself and learn to appreciate the good things in your life.

for example, at least you have the money to subscribe to an internet account to come to this forum on your pc to kpkb about your inadequacies.

Uncle, just because we can appreciate things in life does not mean we cannot make comments. Stop trying to censor us with your "haughtier than thou" crap.

 

[denzuko1]

Of course they are happier. Golden rice bowl with better pay than private sector. You seldom see Civil servants resigning and join private sector because they can never make it there. The pressure would be too high for them to handle.

I don't know if parasite means anything to anyone here.

 

[boring]

no joke
without cheap FT to fight for their job.

if i am them, i also very happy
so happy, i smile at night during sleep.

u r wrong bro, cheap ft r invading them, with other way. u may find many ah tiong (usually pr liao) at civil sector as well as ah neh( also usually pr)..

 

[jw5]

Who in the world is doing these surveys?

 

[kunkin]

""" Who in the world is doing these surveys?"""

very good question

 

[singveld]

u r wrong bro, cheap ft r invading them, with other way. u may find many ah tiong (usually pr liao) at civil sector as well as ah neh( also usually pr)..

yes i forgot, but not in the number as private
i forgot that singapore PR is like toilet paper.
as cheap as a macdonald happy meal.
of course everyone know that to increase the number of workpermit in company, you need to increase PR. in the end, all are FT.