Born on earth and raised in hell
- Jul 22, 2019
- 2 min
Want to be a bus captain? Think twice. Actually, think thrice.
I passed out from SMRT training school and started working as a bus captain on 20th October last year. Barely a month into the job I was already contemplating quitting after being paid a pro-rated quantum of my annual wage supplement (AWS). Back then I was assigned service no.965, a route which involved ferrying passengers between Woodlands and Sengkang bus interchanges. Each off-peak hour trip must be completed within 119 min, whilst around 130 min is designated for each pea
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Tay Leong Tan (Five Stars And A Moon)
- Apr 8, 2019
- 3 min
What is wrongful dismissal anyway?
In essence, an employment relationship is a contractual one. And as with all other forms of contracts, there must be a way to end it properly. All contracts should have an exit clause; either party can call for termination by giving X number of days' notice. Any other means of ending the relationship is thus a contractual breach. In an employment situation, there are instances an employer can get slapped with legal complications if he had not followed proper procedures for te
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Gemrick
- Jan 17, 2019
- 2 min
I Sacked 6 Pinoy Nationals And 1 Indian National On Friday
On Friday I sacked 6 Pinoy nationals and 1 Indian national at the MNC I work at. The main reason for doing so? Fraud. One of the Pinoys being sacked was a HR personnel, while another was an IT personnel (Indian National). What happened was that these two clowns had colluded in allowing only their own countrymen (mostly Pinoys) to get into the company. Long story short, we had put up job adverts seeking fresh hires, however online resumes sent by Singaporean applicants were tr
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Justneeda2ndchance
- Aug 14, 2018
- 2 min
Business failed and landed heavily in debt - is a 2nd chance ever possible?
It has been a tough time for me after failing in my business venture 3 years back and having landed myself in about 300k worth of debt to banks, suppliers, contractors and relatives.
Being your own boss is tough and often lonely. I started out on my own when I was 31 and had no proper mentors to guide /nurture me. Nobody really cares how crazy your life could get. Most folks naively reckon that being a boss means having plenty of personal time and financial freedom. Eventual
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Disgusted Singaporean
- Aug 5, 2018
- 2 min
Stinking attitude of SME bosses-fancy complaining about Singaporean hires on national TV
The Indian local (seated second from left in the video) rightly opined that foreigners here are depressing wages of Singaporeans, yet hotelier and restaurateur Mr Loh Lik Peng (boss of Unlisted Collection-seated fourth from left in video) stubbornly insisted hiring foreigners in Singapore incurs higher costs, at the same time refusing to acknowledge the irreparably damaging consequences brought upon by foreigners who were willing to settle for much lesser owing to lesser fina
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Content Lab @ Sales Tactical
- Jan 17, 2018
- 3 min
Why you shouldn't be a salaried individual your entire life
Indeed there are many ways of putting food on the table, though majority in Singapore's highly risk-averse society choose to toil under the wings of others- simply because it would seem relatively safer and far less hazardous compared to building an enterprise from scratch for themselves. Then again they really cannot be faulted for possessing such mindsets; after all our working culture has unequivocally demonstrated a near zero tolerance for failure. Folks who rough it out
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Slave on a Min Wage In The Little Red Dot
- Dec 27, 2017
- 2 min
So very burnt out, and I am only in my mid-30s......
Guess what? Received a "post Christmas present" of sorts in the form of an official HR memo that my contract will not be renewed. Surprised? Hardly. In fact, I was kinda expecting this to happen because my boss has been milking my ass off courtesy of imposing non-stop overtime (OT) work schedules for the past few months - an undisguised rush to wrap up as many outstanding projects in the shortest amount of time possible as opposed to opening fresh accounts for clients. Oh, a
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