Redditer: Moved from private to gov and I hate it

[DaoMa]

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Moved from private to gov and I hate it​

In tech, I joined gov from private about 6 months back and I hate my job so much. Wayang culture, unreasonable workload and execs left to fend for ourselves without clear direction or support from superiors. Colleagues are also so so, feels like sometimes I’m preaching to the choir. Large amount of dollars spent on subpar, inefficient vendors that frankly extort us for a small bit of work. It really makes me question how taxpayers money is being used.

I’m not sure what exactly is the issue but something definitely feels off, the whole environment and lack of prioritisation seems to be the crux. Being capable is a problem here and voicing out makes you look like a problem child, although I cannot help it and I still do voice out and get surface level “we understand things are shit” replies. Honestly sometimes while working from home, I breakdown and cry cos I just feel so helpless and stuck in this situation.

Any fellow compatriots and any tips on how best to survive and is it worth it? I’m planning to leave and work outside of SG after this role in a more vibrant environment and hopefully never touch gov again.

And genuinely curious what kind of archetypes actually stay in gov and how do they find the strength to stay lol

 

[WangChuk]

iron rice bowls high pay best benefit only to wayang and sing praises ... still hiam??

 

[A Singaporean]

A non Upton graduate aka a loser.