Confusion About My Current Job

In a way, I like my current job. I enjoy this kind of work where I can get to be involved in many areas of work that encompasses the entirety of a project. I appreciate the autonomy of traveling to meet up with companies from all industries and meet all sorts of people (nice & not so nice). I find the culture in my company rather pleasant and the slight bonding that I have with my dept colleagues. In my job, I get to see a lot of what's going on in companies and it really gives me a good sense of exposure to the various types of work and industries in the working world.

I also get to see the politics behind the scenes and how 'wayang' comes into place to put on a 'show'. I get to work with ministries, statutory boards, unions, voluntary welfare organizations, special schools, hospitals, etc. And the people that I relate with come from all levels of the company. The experience is interesting as I get to be engaged with the media, organize site visits to companies, work with printing vendor, IT vendor, courier services, consultants, monitoring budget expenditure, working with temp staff, making presentation to companies, becoming emcee at group meetings, secretariat of committee meetings, etc. In short, my job has a VAST scope which can be rather fulfilling at times, though there are times when I don't feel this way.

With the usual problem of having to handle difficult companies demands, there are two things which I am still brooding about - staff benefits and salary.

Staff benefits are REALLY poor in my company. I don't even get to claim a portion of my dental bill each year! There is no training and development courses organized for staff, especially when we would find it useful to be equipped with certain job-specific skills and knowledge to perform better at our jobs. Apart from the warm and still air inside the office (due to the lousy broken down air-con), we still have to put up with cranky lifts that just frustrates us at times. Sometimes I get so fed up that I would rather climb up the stairs!

Salary is a BIG issue in my company. I don't know about the rest of the staff, though I hear that it is quite common knowledge that staff in my company are one of the lowest paid among all the agencies that are involved in this type of work. I am upset that my salary is still so low, ever since I joined this company. All that talk about adjusting pay to be aligned to job scope, job worth and work performance... and nothing is done about this! So miserable! And with this kind of low pay, how am I going to support my wife and children next time, pay for my house, bills, etc? I have to be realistic... how long is this going to go on? The clock is ticking! Oh well... pray that God will speak to me, open doors, or make a positive change to this current situation...