Government Employee Lounge

[miss_o]

kakakuha ko lang ngayon ng pnoy bonus.

wow buti ka pa sis meron na.. sa hubby ko wala sila.. how sad..

[jorhen]

waaahhhh.. kainggit kayo..

sana hindi na lang nila sinasabi sa t.v. na lahat ng government employee meron PNOY..

[det060403]

No sis! Regular ako! Wala daw pondo Manila! Tama ba naman yon? Lupet masyado!

[imeemay]

meron na din daw kami, di ko pa nacheck sa ATM

[det060403]

waah buti pa kayo! Merry ang Christmas!

[bettyboop1322]

^sa amin sad ang mga Contractual wala silang Pnoy

[Mr.Punch]

Meron bang FSO dito?  (Foreign Service Officer)

I'm wondering what the salary grade/take home pay of a starting FSO is.  I'm trying to see if it's worth a career shift or if I'm better off in the private sector.

Does anyone know?  Thanks!

[ReservoirDogs]

^^My fiance is an FSO IV.  Salary grade is 24 or 22 ata. His gross income is 42K a month.  Next year tataas pa daw ata kasi last tranche nung SSL.

If you're planning to take the FSE, it'll probably take 2 years waiting time.  Fiance took his exam in 2009, passed in 2010, and his training started this July lang.  I suggest na pasok ka muna sa private sector, and try to take the FSE at the same time.

[Mr.Punch]

^Well, I'm already in the private sector, although I used to work at the DFA.  I was supposed to take it in '05 and even passed the preliminary exam, but I got too comfy in the private sector that I didn't continue.  Now I'm 33 turning 34, so I really have to pass this time around.

FSO IV is the lowest (entry level) right?  42k per month gross?  Pwede na.

Thanks for the info!

[BCG_05]

anyone here works sa CSC? do you know any additional benefits CSC have aside from the usual benefits the government employee is receiving..

[Boj]

I  am an FSO. Salary grade for FSO class IV (entry level) is SG 24 which is almost 46k a month (inclusive of PERA).

Mr. Punch, you worked for the DFA before? Baka magkakilala tayo Been with the Department since 2003

[Mr.Punch]

FUDGE!  Ang hirap ng written test ng FSO Exams!  Doon sa "International Affairs" part, there were three questions on economics that I totally didn't know the answer to.  Sobrang BS yung sagot ko dahil kung saan-saan ko lang hinugot yung pinagsusulat ko. 

Bagsak na ako sigurado. 

[jessiej199091]

Mga sis, meron po ba dito from gsis? From Lto kasi si tatay ko and mag retire na sya by 2014. Need ba magsubmit birth cert pag mag apply na sya ng pension nya? First prob, wala syang birth cert. then pag magpa late register, 1946 pala birth year nya but ginagamit nya officially on his transactions is 1949. Yun ang record nya sa gsis. Kaya may conflict talaga. Worried lang ako baka hindi pa sya makatanggap retirement benefits because of this.
 
Any feedback mga sis? Thanks very much!

[artemis26]

anong latest sa SSL? Diba last tranche na ng increase ang supposedly iggrant this year? Parang in passing nakita ko sa news iimplement na raw, or rather pwedeng igrant by June?

(parang what else is new anyway, itong increase ay granted naman na 4 years ago, and PNoy is making a big hype out of it, claiming na 'gift' daw yun..gift ba yung expected mo naman nang matatanggap, and which is already due you?)

[yndy]

hello sisters.. plan ko din mag-apply sa government. nagchecheck ako ng sites question ko lang ano yung required training hours? i mean saan ito nakukuha? TIA

[Mr.Punch]

^ One thing you have to know about those vacancy postings by government offices is that they are required by law to post their job vacancies even if the positions would eventually be filled by internal hires. 

If you have no experience working for the government, syempre, wala ka ding training hours.  In government, seniority is the rule, and even if you are 10 times better than an internal candidate, yung internal pa rin ang pipiliin kung meron siyang "training hours".

When I first worked for a government office, i swallowed my pride and started out as a lowly clerk.  Mas mataas na position ang inapplyan ko pero ang binigay sa akin na position ay clerk.  Pero ok lang kasi natuto talaga ako and after a few months na-promote din ako doon sa position na inaapplyan ko originally.

Depende rin sa government office.  I guess swert ako na they kept their word na ipo-promote ako once I acquire enough experience as a clerk.  Yung iba kasi hindi na nakaka-alis sa pagiging clerk and nagre-resign na lang kung di na makatagal.

In some instances naman, the opposite happens.  Kung well connected ka or if summa cum laude ka ng big 4 university, ibibigay kaagad sa iyo yung mataas na position kahit wala ka pang required training hours.

[yndy]

^ thanks bro! I'll send in my applications na din malay natin diba?

[artemis26]

ilagay mo na lang sis sa resume mo lahat ng trainings na na-attendan mo ( I am assuming here na meron ka nang prior working experience, kahit na sa private). Tsaka, depende rin kasi sa qualifications mo, at sa position na ina-applyan mo (either admin or technical). I was fresh out of college nun nagstart sa government, and since technical ang degree/course ko, I landed a technical position. Kaya it depends really on your qualifications. I think the hiring process really starts with pooling of ALL qualified applicants, whether internal (current employees of the govt agency) or external. Kung walang qualified na internal applicants, kukuha na ng outsiders.

Goodluck sis! 

[kaiz]

^^minsan depende din kung may 'backer' ka na pulitiko madami ako kakilala na nakapasok lang dahil 'recommended kuno'

[raven_520]

june po yata ang implementation ng last tranche ng SSL natin..pero we'll have to wait for the Executive Order and National Budget Circular kasi kailangan yun sa NOSA natin..