People's Association
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    89%
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    76%
    Employees recommend this employer to friends
    Work/Life balance
    3.1(46 ratings)
    Career development
    3.4(46 ratings)
    Benefits & perks
    3.6(46 ratings)
    Management
    3.3(46 ratings)
    Working environment
    3.5(46 ratings)
    Diversity & equal opportunity
    3.0(1 ratings)
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    3.0
    Constituency Management Executive
    Mar 2024
    Central RegionLess than 1 year in the role, former employee
    Overall I am happy retired from PA as I have learnt and gain experiences,
    The good thingsA lot of opportunities to learn new things.
    The challengesHad to handle difficult customers frequently. Need to work in the evening and weekends. No fixed off day, hard to have plan my programme.
    1 person found this helpful
    5.0
    Programme Coordinator
    Jun 2023
    A great working environment
    The good thingsThe Bosses and colleagues there are nice.
    The challengesTime management and lots of monitoring processes.
    3.0
    Not able to mention.
    Mar 2023
    Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    Good experience in community service
    The good thingsGood working hours. But need to work on 1 weekend.
    The challengesMust be able to handle all levels of people.
    5.0
    Constituency support Officer
    Nov 2022
    A lot of exposure & seeking solution
    The good thingsResidents walk away satisfied
    The challengesGood general knowledge
    2.0
    RC Manager
    Sep 2022
    Singapore3 to 4 years in the role, current employee
    high turnover rate in the organization
    The good thingssome nice colleagues but don't expect that people will help you as much, as their on hand task are quite full. So be prepared to learn most of the stuff and ask around by yourself
    The challengessometime management will give your last minute task to do, so please prepare to work even when you are at home or off work.
    1 person found this helpful
    4.0
    Customer service executive
    Oct 2021
    11 to 12 years in the role, former employee
    Great working staffs and equipment
    The good thingsGreat working enviromwent.
    The challengesNothing at all. All seems good
    5.0
    Partnerships and Programmes
    Sep 2021
    It is a generally growth-centric environment but you will need to show you're committed to growth!
    The good thingsStaff and fellow colleagues from PA are generally very helpful in sharing knowledge and best practices. Everyone I have come across so far in my years in PA is friendly :)
    The challengesThe job can get very busy! Be expected to work over the weekends and late at night occasionally. After all, our job involves serving the community and that's a 24/7 commitment already! So learn to make time for yourself and take the opportunity to grow!
    3.0
    Manager
    Jan 2021
    3 to 4 years in the role, current employee
    Think Twice and Think Hard
    The good thingsBonus was good but not for 2020.
    The challengesToo diverse working community resulting in alignment issues. Organization tend to overlook staff welfare on the ground. Incompetent seniors with poor management of diverse backgrounds volunteers.
    4.0
    Programmer
    Sep 2020
    5 to 6 years in the role, current employee
    Art Event Management
    The good thingsWe bring arts to the community to co-create and bring people together. We encourage participatory and art appreciation.
    The challengesGetting volunteers and participation for each project
    4.0
    Constituency Manager
    Jun 2020
    A good working friendly relationship company.
    The good thingsTake care of the staff's needs and concerns with a human touch. Example, company will send me a birthday card every year.
    The challengesShortage of manpower.Continue to train and equip staff to do the work effectively and efficiently.
    4.0
    Assistant director
    Mar 2020
    Singapore
    People's skills, Time management and multitasking
    The good thingsThe company has helped me to grow professionally by challenging myself to work with community volunteers by honing my people's skills and multitasking skills.
    The challengesThe company has helped me to grow professionally by helping me to hone my skills in time management and work productivity, efficiency and handling myraid of expectations.
    5.0
    Constituency Management Executive
    Feb 2020
    7 to 8 years in the role, former employee
    Long hours
    The good thingsLearn alot of things
    The challengesUnable to commit to work on weekend and long hours due to family commitments
    1 person found this helpful
    5.0
    Instructor
    Jan 2020
    5 to 6 years in the role, current employee
    Friendly working environment
    The good thingsThe staffs are very helpful and friendly.
    The challengesNothing to comment
    5.0
    Manager
    Jan 2020
    3 to 4 years in the role, former employee
    A company great for work-life balance
    The good thingsThe work-life balance! I mostly get to knock off on the dot, unless when there's some important work that needs to be rushed out. Which wasn't very often.
    The challengesPoor career advancement. As this is a very comfy job, no one is leaving. Therefore, no vacancies for advancement. Most likely, you'll be stuck at your post for years.
    1 person found this helpful
    1.0
    Constituency management executive
    Jan 2020
    1 to 2 years in the role, current employee
    No work life balance
    The good thingsColleagues is excellent .
    The challengesBad management and also very bad welfare
    1 person found this helpful
    3.0
    Constituency Manager
    Dec 2019
    SingaporeLess than 1 year in the role, current employee
    Depends on Where you Work
    The good thingsFamily environment. Not really a desk bound job as a Constituency Manager. If you just look at the work itself, it's very easy to learn.
    The challengesChallenges your multitasking skill to the very max. You might be given more responsibilities, so try to survive one cycle (one year) and things will just repeat afterwards.
    5.0
    Manager
    Nov 2019
    11 to 12 years in the role, former employee
    Career Advancement
    The good thingsBig organisation with stability.
    The challengesSuitable for those who are Passionate.
    5.0
    Constituency Management Executive
    Oct 2019
    11 to 12 years in the role, former employee
    Work in Peoples' Association
    The good thingsThe teamwork with the executives and managers gives you a great satisfaction. The people there were friendly and helpful. It is day to day challenge for us to face the public with enquires about all things regarding the government and relevant agencies policies.
    The challengesit is challenging to manage people of different works of life. their opinions counts and sometimes we do make mistakes but we have to learn from it and move on.
    4.0
    Constituency manager
    Oct 2019
    9 to 10 years in the role, current employee
    Knowledgeable
    The good thingsLearning new things, every days
    The challengesWorking with External Parties
    2.0
    Project Manager
    Aug 2019
    7 to 8 years in the role, former employee
    Average
    The good thingsThe people I got to work with were the only driver force of me staying so long. The culture as a whole was not very open / adaptable.
    The challengesA lot of red tape and not open to change.
    5.0
    Administrative manager
    Jul 2019
    7 to 8 years in the role, current employee
    Have working for seven years
    The good thingsMet lots of people and improved in networking and team building.
    The challengesLearnt lots of engagement activities and handling events..
    2.0
    Finance executive
    Jul 2019
    SingaporeLess than 1 year in the role, former employee
    A bad choice out of desperation
    The good things2 hours lunch breaks, monthly birthday celebration, flexible reporting time between 730am to 9am. Accessible for the differently-abled.
    The challengesOngoing manpower shortages. Heavy workload, demanding superiors. Incessant office gossip
    2.0
    RC Manager
    Jun 2019
    1 to 2 years in the role, current employee
    Good working environment but pathetic pay
    The good thingsI get to plan events for residents and residents bonding in the community. I get to be part of the community building getting people from all aspect to get together to preserve kampong spirits. I have the opportunity to meet many people from all walks of life, get t share and be shared of their life experience and all.
    The challengesToo low a salary given it being a government subsidised organisation.
    1 person found this helpful
    4.0
    Manager
    Dec 2018
    Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    Family-like environment due to nature of organisation
    The good thingsPlenty of activities to participate in as the prime organiser of nation-wide programmmes. Stress level, however, peaks when nearing the day of event organised by your team/ department.
    The challengesTo be able to (metaphorically) bridge and connect the heartlanders to the organisation's management. To strike a balance between creating a novel idea as a mean to its end and ensuring it is achievable.
    4.0
    Deputy Constituency Director
    Sep 2018
    Great for career advancement
    The good thingsGood pay increment and benefits
    The challengesmust on weekends and have to manage volunteers
    2.0
    Manager
    Mar 2018
    Singapore1 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    $ vs time - which would you choose?
    The good thingsHelpful colleagues Decent wages (allowance & uniform provided) Lots of training opportunities Exposure to numerous events and people from all walks of life
    The challengesCrazy hours - weekends, evenings & public holidays Nonstop complaints from disgruntled residents Not much translatable skills
    1 person found this helpful
    4.0
    Project Officer
    Dec 2017
    Singapore7 to 8 years in the role, former employee
    Big organisations with many possibilities
    The good thingsRewards can be derived from job satisfaction if serving the community is your calling
    The challengesExpect to do many different sorts of activities and be prepared to roll up your sleeves. There are some days that you might have to work long hours or even weekends/public holidays but it also greatly depends on which department you are working in.
    1 person found this helpful
    5.0
    Manager (Social Assistance)
    Dec 2017
    Singapore
    Community Bonding and assisting the elderly citizens
    The good thingsGiven freedom to experiment new ideas with supports from the Management. With such trust it enable to have an impetus to progress. Community bonding is very challenging and demanding but enabled job satisfaction when related programme and tasks were completed successfully.
    The challengesKeeping updated to the demand and spear heading innovative programme and activities to bring the community bonding to the highest level. Have been in different divisions have different expectations but the bottom line is that we must maintain the same attitudes.
    3.0
    Constituency officer
    Oct 2017
    Less than 1 year in the role, current employee
    Challenging but stressful
    The good thingsMonetary benefits are good
    The challengesStressful when dealing with people from all sorts of life.
    5.0
    Senior manager
    Oct 2017
    5 to 6 years in the role, current employee
    Community
    The good thingsHave the opportunity to assist residents in various ways.
    The challengesNeed a lot of people skilled to work with various types of people.
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