Advice on Career in ICA

• darthwernie

  10 Dec 10, 12:17

  Hi All,

  I'm new to this forum, not sure if this is the right subforum to post my query, but if not, could moderator kindly help to redirect to the correct one? Thanks.

  Anyway, I'm interested in taking up a career in one of our Home Team uniformed services, but SPF and SCDF don't suit me. Thinking of joining ICA.
  
  Hence, would like to ask any bro here working in there, or know anyone who can provide advice on what's it like working in ICA? I want to know what I might be getting into before applying. Thanks!

• ditzy

  10 Dec 10, 12:20

  Like as in counter staff? The one sit there, push a number, people come, and chop their passports?

• likeyou

  10 Dec 10, 12:33

  What type of post you are applying?

• gunner77

  10 Dec 10, 12:41

  ya lor

  give more details la

  qualification? what position you apply?

  But generally my advise to freshie that just graduate looking for job, Don't join ICA.

  you will quit once you finish your bond.

  its not that simple sitting on the counter chop passport blarblarblar, more than that which cannot be reveal.

  join and you will know.

• single_alone

  10 Dec 10, 12:43

  Originally posted by gunner77:

  ya lor

  give more details la

  qualification? what position you apply?

  But generally my advise to freshie that just graduate looking for job, Don't join ICA.

  you will quit once you finish your bond.

  its not that simple sitting on the counter chop passport blarblarblar, more than that which cannot be reveal.

  join and you will know.

  You talk like you have worked in ICA before.

  Have you?

  So you are saying that ICA have high staff resignation rates?

• likeyou

  10 Dec 10, 12:44

  I went to collect my passport a few months ago, and I tell ts, working in counter work is by no means for a weak heart.

   

  It was so crowded and you must be focus at your work and able to work under this kind of enivr.

   

  Lastly, must be able to withstand customers facial expression.

• gunner77

  10 Dec 10, 12:46

  Originally posted by single_alone:

  You talk like you have worked in ICA before.

  Have you?

  So you are saying that ICA have high staff resignation rates?

  
  My parents work for ICA

  Im already going to be 2 decades year old.

  So i believe i heard more of their gumbling rather than the joy of the working there.

  I always hear my mother complaining to me that the youngster she is in charge are always giving her and her upper boss no choice but to make them leave.

  She always warn me not to join ICA.

   

   And of coz the complains about visitors, the never ending jam, the counter shift change, blarblarblar.

  Unless you really want to join it, by all means go ahead.

  If not, don waste ur time and youth

   

• ditzy

  10 Dec 10, 12:47

  Originally posted by likeyou:

  I went to collect my passport a few months ago, and I tell ts, working in counter work is by no means for a weak heart.

   

  It was so crowded and you must be focus at your work and able to work under this kind of enivr.

   

  Lastly, must be able to withstand customers facial expression.

  Customers?

  "You want your passport or not? I can tear it up right here right now you know!"

• likeyou

  10 Dec 10, 12:47

  You mean the young staff make life difficult for your mum and the senior staff at work?

• gunner77

  10 Dec 10, 12:47

   

• likeyou

  10 Dec 10, 12:48

  Originally posted by ditzy:

  Customers?

  "You want your passport or not? I can tear it up right here right now you know!"

  
  Also have to deal with lots of PRs too.

• gunner77

  10 Dec 10, 12:50

  Originally posted by likeyou:

  You mean the young staff make life difficult for your mum and the senior staff at work?

  
  The youngster always take MC one la.

  So senior staff have to look for manpower to cover, already ICA is fucking short of manpower then the newbie still always take MC.

  when i say always, i really mean always.

  Then you ask urself, why they always take MC?

  reason? so simple, don like the job lor. can't handle the visitors, the work hours. blarblarblar so take MC lor.

  what happen when youngster take MC?

  senior have to cover lor.

• ditzy

  10 Dec 10, 12:58

  Originally posted by likeyou:

  
  Also have to deal with lots of PRs too.

  Thats kind of like saying, I'm a cashier, and I have to deal with alot of money.

• single_alone

  10 Dec 10, 13:00

  Originally posted by gunner77:

  
  The youngster always take MC one la.

  So senior staff have to look for manpower to cover, already ICA is fucking short of manpower then the newbie still always take MC.

  when i say always, i really mean always.

  Then you ask urself, why they always take MC?

  reason? so simple, don like the job lor. can't handle the visitors, the work hours. blarblarblar so take MC lor.

  what happen when youngster take MC?

  senior have to cover lor.

  
  Senior can take mc also what

• likeyou

  10 Dec 10, 13:01

  ICA management or dept head should do something about the feedback you received.

   

  And during interview process, should let them know the requirement of the work, like manning the counter etc....

   

  And management and dept head should sit down and review the employment policy too.

   

  For instances, staff taking more than a certain days of mc will be warn and eventually terminated without any pro rated salary or bonuses.

   

  my 1 cent worth.

• gunner77

  10 Dec 10, 13:02

  Originally posted by single_alone:

  
  Senior can take mc also what

   

  senior take mc

  junior take mc

  then who do the job, commissioner of ICA ah?

• single_alone

  10 Dec 10, 13:04

  Originally posted by gunner77:

   

  senior take mc

  junior take mc

  then who do the job, commissioner of ICA ah?

  f**k care lah.

  As long as your mc is genuine and not go and forge a mc there is nothing ICA can do to you also what.

  At most ask their existing staff to do OT to cover you lor

• single_alone

  10 Dec 10, 13:06

  Originally posted by likeyou:

  ICA management or dept head should do something about the feedback you received.

   

  And during interview process, should let them know the requirement of the work, like manning the counter etc....

   

  And management and dept head should sit down and review the employment policy too.

   

  For instances, staff taking more than a certain days of mc will be warn and eventually terminated without any pro rated salary or bonuses.

   

  my 1 cent worth.

  You don't know the golden rule of job interview meh?

  "Say and claim that you know everything and can take hard work during the interview to get the job. After that if can't tahan take mc to chao keng and after that bo bian than resign to look for another job"

• gunner77

  10 Dec 10, 13:06

  Originally posted by likeyou:

  ICA management or dept head should do something about the feedback you received.

   

  And during interview process, should let them know the requirement of the work, like manning the counter etc....

   

  And management and dept head should sit down and review the employment policy too.

   

  For instances, staff taking more than a certain days of mc will be warn and eventually terminated without any pro rated salary or bonuses.

   

  my 1 cent worth.

  
  people attitude will change my friend.

  You can join as a fresh grad full of enthusiasm, but when the stress and workload becomes heavy, your attitude will change.

  Interview that time all say ok ok, when got the job and do the job, all will say not ok not ok.

  And yes, once you take alot of MC, you will be ask to leave. They will ask you to resign.

  My mother always  tells me story about this guy, lots of character. the next time i ask her about him, my mother told me

  " Terminated already "

  

  so cute.

• likeyou

  10 Dec 10, 13:06

  Isnt there any monthly dept/section meeting or feedback?

  It is very unhealthy if everybody starting to take mc now and then and yet the head do nothing about it.

   

  Something really not right in ica.

   

• single_alone

  10 Dec 10, 13:09

  Originally posted by gunner77:

  
  people attitude will change my friend.

  You can join as a fresh grad full of enthusiasm, but when the stress and workload becomes heavy, your attitude will change.

  Interview that time all say ok ok, when got the job and do the job, all will say not ok not ok.

  And yes, once you take alot of MC, you will be ask to leave. They will ask you to resign.

  My mother always  tells me story about this guy, lots of character. the next time i ask her about him, my mother told me

  " Terminated already "

  

  so cute.

  Govt job also can terminate staff for taking too much mc meh.

  These staff should write in to Stomp or the online citizen to complain. I am sure the opposition parties can make good use of these stories in the next election

• gunner77

  10 Dec 10, 13:09

  They will do something la

  give them disclipinary actions.

  Worst case is terminate contract lor.

• gunner77

  10 Dec 10, 13:11

  Originally posted by single_alone:

  Govt job also can terminate staff for taking too much mc meh.

  These staff should write in to Stomp or the online citizen to complain. I am sure the opposition parties can make good use of these stories in the next election

  
  The root of the problem is not mc

  the root of the problem is why are u taking so many mc.

  thats why they terminate you. becoz clearly, you lose interested in the job.

• likeyou

  10 Dec 10, 13:12

  If I am working in the counter and get those sort of nonsense of staff taking mc again, I will surely write to the top about this issue.

  That this mcs makes the whole ica counter looks unproductive and unhealthy.

   

  Too bad, seem like nobody cannot do anything about it huh?

  Or management simply closed both eyes and ears?

• single_alone

  10 Dec 10, 13:13

  Originally posted by gunner77:

  
  The root of the problem is not mc

  the root of the problem is why are u taking so many mc.

  thats why they terminate you. becoz clearly, you lose interested in the job.

  
  Just say you are really sick lor and not because you lose interest in the job.

  They are not doctors so they have no right to say that you keng mc