A few years after the last crisis, in 2003, I started my little business. I had a few encounters with DBS at DBS building Shenton Way. Not to mention those moronic and bureaucratic APRO security guards, just gave them some authority, they thought they were world police. But, the matter of the fact is, they are just dogs in the DBS Dog Compound !!!
I was delivering some stuff and these dogs prevented me from using the passenger lifts and insisted that I turned one round to the back door to get my pass to use the cargo lift. Ironically, the back door is just behind the passenger lift where I was and I can't walk through, I had to make a round to the back. WTF !!! STOP !! No point talking to dogs.... they dun understand human language, you need to bark. But, damned, I am no dog... I refuse to bark and make that round to the back door. This is the beginning of a SUPER BUREAUCRATIC JOURNEY !!
I waited for 20 minutes for the cargo lift to descend from floor to floor. The moment the cargo lift open on the 5th level for some mineral water delivery, I made my way to the passenger lifts and got to any floor that I wanted to hand in those documents.
Going to these floors are easy, getting the correct person to acknowledge and accept the documents is DIFFICULT !!! SUPER BUREAUCRATIC !! When I rang the bell, a lady opened the door and I told her I wanted to see so-and-so. The lady said that so-and-so is out and I asked her if she could accept the document on her behalf so that she could gave it to her when so-and-so is back. The answer ? NO !! DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT. Gosh, this is same very answer that I received from almost every floor I went to especially if the person I wish to see is not in. I could not believe it !!! Such a "big" local bank and yet so BUREAUCRATIC !!
So, when I saw the following news, I hope that all the deadwoods, loafers, freewheelers, and toadies are removed in the process. If that MD mentioned below belongs to the above (I suspected so), HE F88KING DESERVE IT !! IT'S LONG OVERDUE !!! DAMNED ..... IT TAKES DBS 5 YEARS TO REALIZE !!
Here you are, here comes a SUPER BIG HYPOCRITE from PAP !!! Please lah, dun tok cock la.... You still have a long way to learn from Swaying Willow Pinky. This f88king hypocrite does not know what is going on in DBS, but, quick to jump to get empathy and votes from the common people. This shows that he is quick to sell his mum to the next bidder !! A real MOTHERF88KER !!!
I was delivering some stuff and these dogs prevented me from using the passenger lifts and insisted that I turned one round to the back door to get my pass to use the cargo lift. Ironically, the back door is just behind the passenger lift where I was and I can't walk through, I had to make a round to the back. WTF !!! STOP !! No point talking to dogs.... they dun understand human language, you need to bark. But, damned, I am no dog... I refuse to bark and make that round to the back door. This is the beginning of a SUPER BUREAUCRATIC JOURNEY !!
I waited for 20 minutes for the cargo lift to descend from floor to floor. The moment the cargo lift open on the 5th level for some mineral water delivery, I made my way to the passenger lifts and got to any floor that I wanted to hand in those documents.
Going to these floors are easy, getting the correct person to acknowledge and accept the documents is DIFFICULT !!! SUPER BUREAUCRATIC !! When I rang the bell, a lady opened the door and I told her I wanted to see so-and-so. The lady said that so-and-so is out and I asked her if she could accept the document on her behalf so that she could gave it to her when so-and-so is back. The answer ? NO !! DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT. Gosh, this is same very answer that I received from almost every floor I went to especially if the person I wish to see is not in. I could not believe it !!! Such a "big" local bank and yet so BUREAUCRATIC !!
So, when I saw the following news, I hope that all the deadwoods, loafers, freewheelers, and toadies are removed in the process. If that MD mentioned below belongs to the above (I suspected so), HE F88KING DESERVE IT !! IT'S LONG OVERDUE !!! DAMNED ..... IT TAKES DBS 5 YEARS TO REALIZE !!
http://www.straitstimes.com/print/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_301888.html
Nov 13, 2008
DBS starts to axe staff
By Robin Chan , Francis Chan
IT WAS a day of tears, tension and disappointment at DBS Bank on Thursday as the first of hundreds of employees were told that they had been laid off.
It is unclear how many staff lost their jobs on Thursday but a DBS spokesperson said most of those earmarked to go will be told by Friday night.
The start of the layoffs did bring a degree of relief to the 7,600 bank staff here who have been nervously waiting to see where and when the axe would fall.
A woman in the corporate banking department told The Straits Times outside the bank's Shenton Way base: 'No one could focus today. It's like our September 11 - the atmosphere was so tense.
'No one, not even MDs (managing directors) knew who would be the next to go. Everyone was just waiting for the phone call. I'm just glad this day is almost over. But we have one more day to get through.'
Experienced managing directors were some of the first to be told they were no longer needed.
One aged 55 told The Straits Times: 'I've given more than two decades of service to the bank. Of course I'm disappointed with the organisation.'
After arriving at his office as usual, he was summoned to human resources by telephone yesterday morning and let go immediately.
At around 4pm in the afternoon, as he walked down to his car, which was loaded with boxes of personal effects, he shook hands with colleagues he had worked with for many years. Others patted him on his back.
'I feel like this could have been done in a different way,' he said.
Here you are, here comes a SUPER BIG HYPOCRITE from PAP !!! Please lah, dun tok cock la.... You still have a long way to learn from Swaying Willow Pinky. This f88king hypocrite does not know what is going on in DBS, but, quick to jump to get empathy and votes from the common people. This shows that he is quick to sell his mum to the next bidder !! A real MOTHERF88KER !!!
http://www.straitstimes.com/print/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_302299.html
Nov 14, 2008
DBS slammed for layoffs
By Sue-Ann Chia
LABOUR chief Lim Swee Say on Friday slammed DBS Bank for failing to consult its staff union on retrenching its workers or exploring other cost-cutting measures first.
'We are disappointed by the sudden decision,' he told The Straits Times when asked for his views on the DBS layoffs.
'There was no prior consultation with the DBS Staff Union. There was no exploration with the union on other cost reduction alternatives,' he said in an email reply on Friday.
Mr Lim, an advisor to the DBS staff union, said this lack of communication has weakened the trust between the bank's management and union.
Not mincing his words, he added: 'It is regretable because trust takes a long time to build but a short time to destroy.'
His criticism came on day 2 of DBS' retrenchment exercise, a move that has drawn flak from the public as being pre-emptive rather than reactive.
Mr Lim laid it on, saying: 'Perception on the ground is that DBS has decided on retrenchment as the first resort. Ground reaction is critical and highly negative.'
DBS is laying off 900 workers, with slightly more than half coming from Singapore and the rest from its Hong Kong office.
The secretary-general of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) also had a word of advice for other companies.
'We do not demand zero retrenchment because we know fully well that at times, it is better to let go of some workers so that the remaining workers can survive and keep their jobs, then for business to be closed down and for all workers to lose their jobs,' he said.
'However, we do not support retrenchment as the first resort because there are alternatives for us to explore together to reduce cost and save jobs - from flexible wage system to flexible work arrangements.'