Time to Fix the Job Classification Mess
February 6, 2025
This will be one of my last blogs in this series. After this, we will focus on finalizing the bundle. Today, we are looking at job classification and the corresponding salary structures. In 2010, when generic job descriptions were introduced, they were evaluated and classified. As you can imagine, this led to significant inflation in job grading. Before 2010, the normal salary scale for a Referendaris—an academically trained professional—went up to a scale of 12. Government-employed general practitioners, as were accountants, were classified on a scale of 13 until the creation of semi-autonomous government bodies (SOAB). A few department heads barely exceeded scale 12, while other leadership roles ranged from 14 to 17. Only a handful of top officials, such as heads of Finance, Legal Affairs, Public Health, and Education departments, reached a scale of 17. After 2010, no one can clearly explain how the system works. There is now a scale 18, and far more people are classified in grades above 12, with no clear relationship between job output and salary classification. It’s time to fix this mess, but how? How?
Miguel Goede
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