Corporate or Non Corporate?

Just when I thought that my decision has been more or less set about joining that training company, I received several phone calls from Singapore Land Authority (SLA) to come for a job interview this Wednesday at 5:30pm. Of course, I am glad to have more than 1 choice, should SLA decide to offer me this job, but I am still very confused right now... at the back of my mind.

I had initially decided to join this training company because its training materials were based on Biblical values & teachings, I will get a chance to mentor students, plus the management are all Christian & they are looking for a Christian to join their company. I am actually glad to join them, except that when I took a look at the employment contract, it was quite a low basic salary with commission earned from sales. That wasn't really a huge problem coz if I managed to get good sales, plus the quarterly variable bonus, my commission would exceed what I am currently earning at SNEF (which is also low based on industry average).

But what really made me hesitate is that this small training company does not give ANY staff benefits at all, only annual leave, sick leave, compassionate leave & hospitalisation leave. Not that I am being really picky, but it would definitely be good to have some staff benefits, especially for a family man like myself, next year onwards. I mean, the company doesn't even provide subsidy for seeing GP, dental check-up, medical check-up, etc.

Oh yes, the employment contract also states that only MCs given by government doctors are recognized! That's crazy... there isn't any polyclinic near my house! And the queues are always so long & in my experience, the doctors there are like serving at a fast food chain, seeing patients by the masses... & the quality of medicine is quite lousy. Oh, another thing is that its quite inconvenient to get to the office coz its located at Ubi & there is traffic jam everyday.

Not that I am trying to paint a negative picture of this training company, but there are issues like this to look into. The lady boss is really nice, considerate & helpful... but taking this job may be difficult, especially after I get married next year. But still, its still a potential job offer, so I will not turn it down yet.

But the question is - am I more suited to work in a corporate or non-corporate environment? Jeffrey Goh also said that I am 75% 'dove' & corporate work environment may be complicated for me. But here I am, given an opportunity to go for a job interview at SLA... & compared to this training company, I am sure that the fixed salary would be much higher than what I am currently getting at SNEF, plus staff benefits, bonus & salary structure too. But if I am accepted for this job, would it become another 3rd round of politics at work? Then again, politics are everywhere... but I haven't exactly had the most stable career history...

Argh... I am so confused... what should I do? Sigh...