Temasek Polytechnic Employee Reviews about "work life balance"

Pros

Stable job and work life balance

Cons

Red tapes strict rules and regulations

Pros

good work life balance but it depends on what role.

Cons

no progression in this job and relatively stagnant. If you are a lecturer, you are expected to take up research work as well.

Pros

Work life balance Warm and supportive environment (mostly Meaningful in terms of impacting students

Cons

Too many changes implemented without much consultation from the ground Too many admin / rah rah stuffs that take away time to develop good curriculum Promotion is rather slow - queue for one's turn

Pros

Colleagues are nice and some work life balance

Cons

Many changes from MOE and PCEO not in the benefit of staff nor students. Errors made in policies affecting cohorts of students and yet staff are told it's ok and that we will tweak the system. To get a promotion, you need to take on many extra projects and committee work and maintain a minimum 5/6 or 6/7 rating to even be considered for promotion - subject to your boss putting you up for it. Following which you are ranked institution wide across other schools to see if you deserve it.

Pros

Good work life balance. Telecommuting for 12 days a yr. Management are generally understanding to family commitments.

Cons

There are many people who stayed there for very very long. However, due to the legacy of the old system, people in the same scheme gets promoted at every fixed interval without any change in job scope and capabilities. There are many old staff getting high pay but doing simple admin work. If you are a young graduate, you will feel ridiculed by the system as people who are doing simple data entry has the same designation and pay grade as you.

Pros

Work life balance is possible with the benefits and the annual leave. The workplace culture is nice, with one of the nicest colleagues. The most enjoyable part will be the interactions with the students and watching them grow. There are many self improvement opportunities, and bonding session. There's the beautiful view of the bedok reservoir. TP has many wonderful staff that work with the limited resources available to make the best of it.

Cons

Limited resource/budget, management. Health benefits are not as competitive as private industry There is a change in the career track and there will be some limitations to your career growth. The level of the education sometimes are being restricted by the senior colleagues who have not keep upwith the progress of technology. Colleagues that lacks industry experience are running the course programs and modules. The lack of industry touch makes the module misaligned with the purpose of the subject and relevance to industry. Highly recommend more industry attachment for lecturers to keep abreast with the economy and technologies, getting out of comfort zone for career growth.