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Coffeeshop Chit Chat - Full-time jobs for FTs, temp jobs for me</TD><TD id=msgunetc noWrap align=right></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=msgtable cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="96%"><TBODY><TR><TD class=msg vAlign=top><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgbfr1 width="1%"></TD><TD><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR class=msghead vAlign=top><TD class=msgF width="1%" noWrap align=right>From: </TD><TD class=msgFname width="68%" noWrap>kojakbt89 <NOBR></NOBR></TD><TD class=msgDate width="30%" noWrap align=right>Dec-2 6:45 pm </TD></TR><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgT height=20 width="1%" noWrap align=right>To: </TD><TD class=msgTname width="68%" noWrap>ALL <NOBR></NOBR></TD><TD class=msgNum noWrap align=right>(1 of 23) </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgleft rowSpan=4 width="1%"></TD><TD class=wintiny noWrap align=right>41803.1 </TD></TR><TR><TD height=8></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgtxt>Full-time jobs for foreigners, temp jobs for Singaporeans
December 3rd, 2010 |
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This is not the Singapore I know before the influx of foreigners came to our land.
It used to be our parents did not have as much of a problem of finding a full-time job as compared to us now.
I recalled a time that it took years and hard-earned demonstration of commitment before a foreigner could get his/her PR, unlike today in which PRs are issued like throwing confetti before any foreign Tom, Dick and Harry who is more than happy to reap its benefits in less than a year!
But mind you, I am not working as a full-timer, but as a freelancer in the creative industry. I remain as a freelancer, not by choice, but because many agencies are not willing to hire me full-time which means paying my CPF, despite me willing to reduce my salary to that of a PRC here.
So far, I’ve been working for 3 agencies while I continue to send out 1000s of CVs. I am thankful for some income that comes most of the time, if not every month, since I am hired on project basis. I noticed that each agency promised me a job after trying me out for a few weeks. Those few weeks turned to months, with excuses from them that they have “no budget to hire full-time”. Eventually, agency no.1 (which is an MNC) hired an Indonesian fresh graduate. Agency no.2 hired an Indonesian fresh graduate same as agency no.1. Agency no.3 hired a PRC. All these foreigners were given the full-time jobs originally promised to me and without having to go through the probation periods that I went through despite my years of experience exceeding theirs!!
It’s been really heart-wrenching, considering that I have a family to feed and urgently need that source of stable income. I have to continue to swallow my angst and dismay while sitting next to these fresh hirelings. Some of them their English is so bad that they needed help in translating and even asked the meanings of simple words! They are no foreign talent, just cheap labour for employers to exploit without having to relocate to 3rd world countries.
Some of the PRCs in the companies have told me unashamedly that they hope to get their PRs within a year, buy a flat here with the govt’s grant, and then retire to their homeland. Commitment to Singapore has become a laughable topic.
From reading the articles in TR, I can see that I am not the only one, and am pretty dismayed that on my left and right, my fellow Singaporeans are suffering from this and much more. The rising costs that is spiralling out of control has made me too afraid to want to start a family here considering that I have to worry about my retirement as well. What national identity can my children be proud of by the time this country is made up of 50% foreigners? And for whom are our sons defending while male foreigners can just come here easily, get a job and PR without having to serve the army?
This madness has got to stop. VOTE FOR CHANGE, VOTE PAP OUT!
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Hopeless Sinkaporean
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December 3, 2010 at 10:05 am Martin(Quote) (Edit)
Dear Hopeless Singaporean,
I can empathize with your plight. I am probably the record holder for the longest serving “temporary worker” in my company. I have been with the company for more than 5 years now and was never a full-time staff, meaning I do not have any benefits nor any bonuses regardless of how hard I work. Year after year, exceeded the target number set by the management and yet whenever there is any opportunity for promotion or conversion to full-time status I am always passed in favour of our new “foreign talent” hires.
It finally dawn upon me that my company and Singapore Inc has striking similiarities. They both have the strange idea that “foreign talents” are always better, in fact, my american management has always prefer to hire foreign nationals because they have this perception that they are good, although in my opinion and experience,they are only good at buttering up their bosses and they don’t come cheap!
Hell, they can’t even do their jobs, many a times they will indirectly direct their jobs down to someone else! Everytime I am asked to train them in their jobs, which they will do their utmost best to get me to complete their jobs for them!
You can call me sour grapes or whatever, it does irks me to no end whenever I hear which million dollars condominum they are buying when I cannot even afford a HDB flats despite 5 years in the company with my miserable pay. Whenever there is any company events or give-aways, the “temporary workers” are always missed out and treated as non-existent even in the company reports, and yet they expect us to be loyal to the company.
Of course, not all Singaporeans are “temporary workers”, some are full-timers, much like our ministers and from them you get the popular saying “It does not matter what you can do or how much experience you have, it always boils down to who you know and how well you know him/her.”
These full-timers usually will spend time on which pubs to hit in the evening or whatever leisure activities they are planning, well knowing they have their subordinate “temporary workers” to finish their work for them. They can leave anytime of the day to attend to any “urgent personal matters”, but when you have send your elderly mother to the doctor, they will give you that “can’t you do it after work” or “aren’t there anyone else to do that in the family?”
NO benefits, NO welfare,NO bonuses – only sloughing your life away just so they get THEIR own bonuses at the end of the year. Isn’t it similar to how Singapore is being run right now?
I have sent out resumes to other companies, I do get a couple of replies. However when they learned that I do have reservists obligations, they will turn me away. Others will lower down the salary to an obscene $1.4K regardless what experience or qualifications you have, knowing how desperate Singaporeans are in these times.
Such is the sad fact of affairs in the life or ordinary Singapore such as myself.
Regards
Martin
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This is not the Singapore I know before the influx of foreigners came to our land.
It used to be our parents did not have as much of a problem of finding a full-time job as compared to us now.
I recalled a time that it took years and hard-earned demonstration of commitment before a foreigner could get his/her PR, unlike today in which PRs are issued like throwing confetti before any foreign Tom, Dick and Harry who is more than happy to reap its benefits in less than a year!
But mind you, I am not working as a full-timer, but as a freelancer in the creative industry. I remain as a freelancer, not by choice, but because many agencies are not willing to hire me full-time which means paying my CPF, despite me willing to reduce my salary to that of a PRC here.
So far, I’ve been working for 3 agencies while I continue to send out 1000s of CVs. I am thankful for some income that comes most of the time, if not every month, since I am hired on project basis. I noticed that each agency promised me a job after trying me out for a few weeks. Those few weeks turned to months, with excuses from them that they have “no budget to hire full-time”. Eventually, agency no.1 (which is an MNC) hired an Indonesian fresh graduate. Agency no.2 hired an Indonesian fresh graduate same as agency no.1. Agency no.3 hired a PRC. All these foreigners were given the full-time jobs originally promised to me and without having to go through the probation periods that I went through despite my years of experience exceeding theirs!!
It’s been really heart-wrenching, considering that I have a family to feed and urgently need that source of stable income. I have to continue to swallow my angst and dismay while sitting next to these fresh hirelings. Some of them their English is so bad that they needed help in translating and even asked the meanings of simple words! They are no foreign talent, just cheap labour for employers to exploit without having to relocate to 3rd world countries.
Some of the PRCs in the companies have told me unashamedly that they hope to get their PRs within a year, buy a flat here with the govt’s grant, and then retire to their homeland. Commitment to Singapore has become a laughable topic.
From reading the articles in TR, I can see that I am not the only one, and am pretty dismayed that on my left and right, my fellow Singaporeans are suffering from this and much more. The rising costs that is spiralling out of control has made me too afraid to want to start a family here considering that I have to worry about my retirement as well. What national identity can my children be proud of by the time this country is made up of 50% foreigners? And for whom are our sons defending while male foreigners can just come here easily, get a job and PR without having to serve the army?
This madness has got to stop. VOTE FOR CHANGE, VOTE PAP OUT!
.
Hopeless Sinkaporean
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><CITE class=fn>Martin:</CITE>
December 3, 2010 at 10:05 am Martin(Quote) (Edit)
Dear Hopeless Singaporean,
I can empathize with your plight. I am probably the record holder for the longest serving “temporary worker” in my company. I have been with the company for more than 5 years now and was never a full-time staff, meaning I do not have any benefits nor any bonuses regardless of how hard I work. Year after year, exceeded the target number set by the management and yet whenever there is any opportunity for promotion or conversion to full-time status I am always passed in favour of our new “foreign talent” hires.
It finally dawn upon me that my company and Singapore Inc has striking similiarities. They both have the strange idea that “foreign talents” are always better, in fact, my american management has always prefer to hire foreign nationals because they have this perception that they are good, although in my opinion and experience,they are only good at buttering up their bosses and they don’t come cheap!
Hell, they can’t even do their jobs, many a times they will indirectly direct their jobs down to someone else! Everytime I am asked to train them in their jobs, which they will do their utmost best to get me to complete their jobs for them!
You can call me sour grapes or whatever, it does irks me to no end whenever I hear which million dollars condominum they are buying when I cannot even afford a HDB flats despite 5 years in the company with my miserable pay. Whenever there is any company events or give-aways, the “temporary workers” are always missed out and treated as non-existent even in the company reports, and yet they expect us to be loyal to the company.
Of course, not all Singaporeans are “temporary workers”, some are full-timers, much like our ministers and from them you get the popular saying “It does not matter what you can do or how much experience you have, it always boils down to who you know and how well you know him/her.”
These full-timers usually will spend time on which pubs to hit in the evening or whatever leisure activities they are planning, well knowing they have their subordinate “temporary workers” to finish their work for them. They can leave anytime of the day to attend to any “urgent personal matters”, but when you have send your elderly mother to the doctor, they will give you that “can’t you do it after work” or “aren’t there anyone else to do that in the family?”
NO benefits, NO welfare,NO bonuses – only sloughing your life away just so they get THEIR own bonuses at the end of the year. Isn’t it similar to how Singapore is being run right now?
I have sent out resumes to other companies, I do get a couple of replies. However when they learned that I do have reservists obligations, they will turn me away. Others will lower down the salary to an obscene $1.4K regardless what experience or qualifications you have, knowing how desperate Singaporeans are in these times.
Such is the sad fact of affairs in the life or ordinary Singapore such as myself.
Regards
Martin
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