in my family biz in sg, workers who gave us the most problems are young sinkie charbors and bengs. 2 spg's were frequently late for work or didn't show up at all. excuses were "wake up late", "no car need bf or some driver from company to fetch", and "not feeling well." sometimes no sound no smell, no excuses, simply didn't want to cum to work but expect company to retain and pay them. we had to let them go after repeated warnings and reprimands. these riled them up with a vengeance. sinkie charbors don't like to be lectured. they think they're always right. never say sorry nor will not do it again. as for sinkie bengs, tardiness is the usual issue. but because they're apologetic, we retain them. malaysian workers who have to cross the checkpoint everyday show up for work early and don't exhibit attitude issues. why are sinkie workers who live on the island, have the mrt and excellent transport systems continue to be tardy? and except for one, they don't want to drive company vans home for fear of losing face (we are providing them with transport options paid for by company). unfortunately, one of the tiongs has left as his permit is up and mom refuses to renew. the others are up for renewal too very soon, and we think we'll lose them. they have been the most disciplined and hardworking workers in the warehouse by far, putting both sinkie and jiuhukias to shame.
