Hi, mind telling what industry are you in? S$14k is quite alot..how many years of experience do you need for managerial position?

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Added on June 26, 2009, 2:54 pmChemicals MNC.

How many years of experience... it depends.

Best case scenario (if you're identified very early as a future leader), it'll take you 6-9 years to be a manager after joining as a fresh grad. Probably 1 in 300 junior employees type of calibre and closer to 1 in 1000 if you're not based in US or Europe. These people are groomed to be future senior directors and VPs - from which the global management teams are selected.

If you're identified as high potential, it'll be slightly longer... around 10-15 years.

If you're well above average (but somehow management did not monitor your career from early on... for eg. late bloomers), you'll probably be around 40-45 when they decide they've tested you sufficiently, and you're capable enough to be made a manager.

If you're average... you will probably retire without ever becoming a manager especially if you are working at a small location where the bigger jobs are few and far between.

--- Having said that, lots of the people supervisors (especially those supervising fairly junior people) and heads of the smaller departments are not managers.

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I see, managers in your company are equivalent to senior managers in others companies....senior managers in my company are earning around that figure..