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[h=2]SBS Transit going from town to town in China to recruit
drivers[/h]
October 24th, 2012 |
Author: Editorial
Following an email sent by a reader highlighting to TR
Emeritus (TRE) that SBS Transit is conducting an interview in Qingdao from 23-29
Oct to recruit 50 bus drivers (‘SBS recruiting another 50 bus drivers from China‘), another
reader has forwarded the following to TRE.
It appears that other than Qingdao of Shandong province, SBS Transit is also
going to Changchun of Jilin province to recruit the bus drivers. The recruitment
advertisement stated that it intends to recruit 80 bus drivers from Changchun.
The interview will be conducted in Changchun on 30 Oct.
It sure looks like SBS Transit is going from town to town in China to recruit
bus drivers for Singapore!
Saw another post on SBS recruiting additional 80 bus drivers from
Changchun, Jilin China on qdwork.com.
http://www.qdwork.com/Recruit_view.aspx?clID=1&id=7133
Job Advertisement Details
• Recruitment
Project: Singapore SBS Passenger Bus Drivers
• Number of
Vacancies: 80
Requirement
•
Minimum age and height requirement: 23-45 years of age (1967-1989),
minimum height (male): 160-180cm, minimum height (female): 155cm
• Type
of license: Type A (A1, A2 or A3)
• Minimum driving experience: 2 years
of bus driving experience; minimum attainment of driving license ≥ 2 years;
driver’s license validity: ≥ 12 months
• Physical condition: no color
blindness, color weakness, tuberculosis, hypertension, heart disease, diabetes,
kidney and gallstones, epilepsy, venereal diseases, infectious diseases, mental
illness and other diseases affect the driving duties; hearing and liver function
must be normal.
• Personality Trait: warm personality, friendly, kind,
sincere and humble, groomed; willing to collective life and be able to adapt to
the new environment.
• Communication Skills: Able to communicate in
Mandarin fluently with basic spoken English skills.
Salary and Employment Package
• Salary: 1438 SGD/month (training period and during the
probation period 1025 SGD/month), the annual income of 100-110K
RMB
• Working hours: 48 hours per week (6 days, 8 hours), overtime pay
overtime by 1.5-2.0 times, morning and evening shifts, arranged by the
Company
• Overtime and allowances: about 388 SGD/month
•
Accommodation arrangements: Provided. (HDB 3 pax / room). Meals are not
provided.
• Transportation: Free transport on company operated bus
services only.
• Contract period: 2 years (with possibility of contract
renewal subject to performance.)
• Annual leave, sick leave: entitled
to 14 days paid annual leave each year
• Insurance: Insurance coverage
will be provide per company’s policy which includes professional liability
insurance (as required by the law), hospitalization insurance and industrial
injury insurance
• 13th month bonus and year-end awards: Minimum one
year’s service in order to be entitled for 13th month bonus. Year end bonus will
subject to attendance, individual performance and safety record Comprehensive
Assessment.
• Pre-job training: Successful candidates must attend 10
sessions of pre-job training and obtain a 4A driver’s license. Training period
only made a base salary of SGS1025 per
month
Others
• Documents
Required
• Resume, photo / diploma ID card / 2-inch color
passport size photograph
Interview Details
• Date: October 30
• Venue: Changchun, Jilin
interview
• Agent Fees: RMB26,000 including airfare. Exclude other
related fees such as examination hall fees and training administrative
fees.
Note that SBS Transit would be providing accommodation (worth at least
another few hundred SGD per month) to these foreign drivers. Such benefit is of
course, not available to local drivers.
The question is, why can’t SBS Transit raise the base pay, say, to S$2-3K per
month excluding OT? Many Singapore taxi drivers would probably be more than
happy to apply since they are currently making this amount on the average but
have to work very long hours everyday for 7 days a week with no work-life
balance.
SBS Transit had in the past argued that it needed to recruit from oversea
because locals were not willing to take up the job. Surely with another few
hundred dollars added to the basic pay (from accomodation allowance for
oversea’s workers), it should not be difficult to find local takers for the
job.
Looking at the financials of SBS Transit, indeed it has been making good
operating profits for the many years. In addition, the Govt has recently even
announced that it will be injecting S$1.1 billion into the 2 Singapore bus
companies to help expand their fleets. More buses would mean more revenue for
these 2 duopolies. Why can’t the bus companies create more jobs for our locals
and help our local drivers by increasing their pays? And please, when their pays
are increased, don’t take the opportunity to increase their working hours as
well.
Operating Profit (in S$ Million)
(From Annual Reports of
SBS Transit)
2000 – 70.7
2001 – 49.1
2002 – 42.2
2003 – 24.9
2004 –
52.5
2005 – 57.0
2006 – 57.0
2007 – 53.2
2008 – 47.1
2009 –
62.2
2010 – 64.7
2011 – 45.7
.
Editor’s note: We have also emailed SBS for comments.
Join our TRE facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/TREmeritus
drivers[/h]
Emeritus (TRE) that SBS Transit is conducting an interview in Qingdao from 23-29
Oct to recruit 50 bus drivers (‘SBS recruiting another 50 bus drivers from China‘), another
reader has forwarded the following to TRE.
It appears that other than Qingdao of Shandong province, SBS Transit is also
going to Changchun of Jilin province to recruit the bus drivers. The recruitment
advertisement stated that it intends to recruit 80 bus drivers from Changchun.
The interview will be conducted in Changchun on 30 Oct.
It sure looks like SBS Transit is going from town to town in China to recruit
bus drivers for Singapore!
Saw another post on SBS recruiting additional 80 bus drivers from
Changchun, Jilin China on qdwork.com.
http://www.qdwork.com/Recruit_view.aspx?clID=1&id=7133
Job Advertisement Details
• Recruitment
Project: Singapore SBS Passenger Bus Drivers
• Number of
Vacancies: 80
Requirement
•
Minimum age and height requirement: 23-45 years of age (1967-1989),
minimum height (male): 160-180cm, minimum height (female): 155cm
• Type
of license: Type A (A1, A2 or A3)
• Minimum driving experience: 2 years
of bus driving experience; minimum attainment of driving license ≥ 2 years;
driver’s license validity: ≥ 12 months
• Physical condition: no color
blindness, color weakness, tuberculosis, hypertension, heart disease, diabetes,
kidney and gallstones, epilepsy, venereal diseases, infectious diseases, mental
illness and other diseases affect the driving duties; hearing and liver function
must be normal.
• Personality Trait: warm personality, friendly, kind,
sincere and humble, groomed; willing to collective life and be able to adapt to
the new environment.
• Communication Skills: Able to communicate in
Mandarin fluently with basic spoken English skills.
Salary and Employment Package
• Salary: 1438 SGD/month (training period and during the
probation period 1025 SGD/month), the annual income of 100-110K
RMB
• Working hours: 48 hours per week (6 days, 8 hours), overtime pay
overtime by 1.5-2.0 times, morning and evening shifts, arranged by the
Company
• Overtime and allowances: about 388 SGD/month
•
Accommodation arrangements: Provided. (HDB 3 pax / room). Meals are not
provided.
• Transportation: Free transport on company operated bus
services only.
• Contract period: 2 years (with possibility of contract
renewal subject to performance.)
• Annual leave, sick leave: entitled
to 14 days paid annual leave each year
• Insurance: Insurance coverage
will be provide per company’s policy which includes professional liability
insurance (as required by the law), hospitalization insurance and industrial
injury insurance
• 13th month bonus and year-end awards: Minimum one
year’s service in order to be entitled for 13th month bonus. Year end bonus will
subject to attendance, individual performance and safety record Comprehensive
Assessment.
• Pre-job training: Successful candidates must attend 10
sessions of pre-job training and obtain a 4A driver’s license. Training period
only made a base salary of SGS1025 per
month
Others
• Documents
Required
• Resume, photo / diploma ID card / 2-inch color
passport size photograph
Interview Details
• Date: October 30
• Venue: Changchun, Jilin
interview
• Agent Fees: RMB26,000 including airfare. Exclude other
related fees such as examination hall fees and training administrative
fees.
another few hundred SGD per month) to these foreign drivers. Such benefit is of
course, not available to local drivers.
The question is, why can’t SBS Transit raise the base pay, say, to S$2-3K per
month excluding OT? Many Singapore taxi drivers would probably be more than
happy to apply since they are currently making this amount on the average but
have to work very long hours everyday for 7 days a week with no work-life
balance.
SBS Transit had in the past argued that it needed to recruit from oversea
because locals were not willing to take up the job. Surely with another few
hundred dollars added to the basic pay (from accomodation allowance for
oversea’s workers), it should not be difficult to find local takers for the
job.
Looking at the financials of SBS Transit, indeed it has been making good
operating profits for the many years. In addition, the Govt has recently even
announced that it will be injecting S$1.1 billion into the 2 Singapore bus
companies to help expand their fleets. More buses would mean more revenue for
these 2 duopolies. Why can’t the bus companies create more jobs for our locals
and help our local drivers by increasing their pays? And please, when their pays
are increased, don’t take the opportunity to increase their working hours as
well.
Operating Profit (in S$ Million)
(From Annual Reports of
SBS Transit)
2000 – 70.7
2001 – 49.1
2002 – 42.2
2003 – 24.9
2004 –
52.5
2005 – 57.0
2006 – 57.0
2007 – 53.2
2008 – 47.1
2009 –
62.2
2010 – 64.7
2011 – 45.7
Editor’s note: We have also emailed SBS for comments.
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