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During LKY's time, the very early early time, civil service jobs were a dead end....low pay, routine work, boring job, just follow SOP, don't act smart, cover backside, and you can work long long.

Most people joined the private sector thinking that it was a pot of gold.

Nobody expected Singapore to become 1st world in one generation, and along with that, the civil service turned out to be a better place to work in than the vast majority of private sector companies.  Those private sector MNCs which paid well and paid several months of bonuses, gave excellent fringe benefits, were few and far between.

yesterday I saw one news on this Lawyer go join what NTUC job
Don't forget despite Covi19, Global economics still in the mess , private sectors still struggling
Civil servants mid year , year end bonus still have

EPIC This LHL can claim " Economic is not say good yet due to China blah blah "

In fact the civil service working culture NEVER Change which you claim, still the SAME , routine dead work , no need to bring your brain go work also can BUT ONE THING Change actually now they pay better

even come older civil servant so call " pay cut " STILL A lot if you compare a 60 year old civil servant vs one work in Private sector " in fact by 60 you already bye bye in Private sector "