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NUS IT graduate struggling with contract work, rent out HDB room and drives cab

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Dear Gilbert,

I like to seek your help to secure a job.

I graduated from NUS in 1988. I major in Computer and Info Sciences.

For 21 years, I worked in an in-house IT environment and took on various IT roles such as project manager, system analyst, business analyst and analyst programmer.

In March 2009, after working for 9 years with a local media giant as an IT project manager, I was forced to resign from the company with zero compensation.

The reason they gave was that I did not meet the expectations of my reporting VP. I wrote in officially to seek a demotion but they refused to entertain.

For the next one and a half year, I worked as a cabby and explored other options while seeking a job that can leverage on my past 21 years of experience in an IT industry.

In late 2010, I was fortunate to be recommended to work for a global IT giant as a contract staff.

Being used their software and led a team in supporting their software previously, I was thrilled to be able to work for them despite that it’s an entry level position as an inbound lead specialist (B-B Inbound Tele-Marketer).

For three and a half years, I moved on to handle the outbound tele-marketing role before being promoted as a SEA tele-marketing team manager in mid 2012. I also lead a team of 11 marketers based in 6 SEA countries.

In spite of the fact that my current salary is still around 60% lower than my last IT job and I need to supplement my income by renting out one of my rooms in a 3-room HDB flat, I am happy working there as my past IT knowledge and management skill is able to put into good use.

Unfortunately, starting from this year, the contract term of my team has been reduced from 6 months renewable to 3 months renewable.

On top of that, the company did not give us the budgeted 1 month bonus (we don’t have AWS) and salary increment (also budgeted).

At the same time,the company has set up a similar team structure in the office in Philippines, which has started their operation this month.

All the signs are pointing at the exit door for me and my team come end June this year.

While I can always go back to drive cab again, my current health condition may not permit me to do.

Hence, I like to seek help from your team to recommend me a job. I am open to all options.

Thank You!

I’m a desperate man!

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Sorry, but why is he seeking advice from a jobless man?:confused::confused:
 
i heard from the ground that this gilbert is a good guy although from his facebook posts, i personally think he is mad...:p
 
This is growing trend in Spore & when you add the high cost pf living in Spore. I hope that 60% think seriously about the next GE.
 
Vile pappies positive spin on this will be:

Thanks to pap for public housing policies now own a hdb to rent out
Thanks to pap importing FTs that good rentals can be attained
Thanks to pap open floodgates to FTs to replace him now can have a relax job driving taxi for 7k income.
 
Only dumbfuck retarded opposition supporting moron would believe in this fake stories written by Gilbert himself.
 
wish i had a hdb that i can sublet,im broker than broke.also wish i had a taxi license.
 
whoa lau eh...pls...dun mention taxi...taxi companies are really scumbags to the max., on one hand they squeeze you daily with rental and on the other hand they PR the taxi drivers with monthly magazines to make you feel proud of being a taxi driver. they are no different from the working ethics of loansharks. knn, they can let taxi drivers make more money but they just refuse. my hirer told me that he got a good relief driver but comfort sent letter to his relief to take up a taxi with them. do you know all taxi drivers:oIo: are very fed up with comfort management. they are wolves in sheep skin.

wish i had a hdb that i can sublet,im broker than broke.also wish i had a taxi license.
 
whoa lau eh...pls...dun mention taxi...taxi companies are really scumbags to the max., on one hand they squeeze you daily with rental and on the other hand they PR the taxi drivers with monthly magazines to make you feel proud of being a taxi driver. they are no different from the working ethics of loansharks. knn, they can let taxi drivers make more money but they just refuse. my hirer told me that he got a good relief driver but comfort sent letter to his relief to take up a taxi with them. do you know all taxi drivers:oIo: are very fed up with comfort management. they are wolves in sheep skin.

These taxi companies which are GLCs are just behaving like their vile in pap masters
 
I'm not surprised telemarketing personnel are out of a job. In the world of IT, being a telemarketer is like the lowest rung on the ladder. Outsourcing potential to India, Phillipines is just too great.
 
It's not difficult to get a job even if u are 48 year old, just wait it out and something will come along. Do you know how to bluff in your resume?
 
Even Singapore companies want to move jobs out of Singapore. I think Singaporeans better clamor for higher pay for waiters and taxi drivers because those jobs can't be shipped out.
 
Go rent hawker stall n sell fried bee hoon n chicken wing good money
 
He should go for broke ...work in Afghanistan or Iraq ...make some serious dough ...the trade-off is that the likelihood of getting killed is pretty high. What else can he do?
 
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