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Mr Yip’s morale during his early days as an SDA, which began in April 2020 after several unsuccessful job applications elsewhere, plunged to the point that he once contemplated doing something rash.
He said being an emcee for over a decade meant he had zero relevance to the corporate world, and it did not help that he did not get good grades for his degree as a civil engineer. “I was angry I didn’t study harder, and I felt almost useless... (My morale) was really, really bad.”
To make matters worse, the pay he took home as an SDA officer, about S$1,800 a month after Central Provident Fund deductions, was roughly what he could earn in a day on a good month as an emcee and the owner of a company, which is now dormant, that manages other emcees.
Mr Yip’s morale during his early days as an SDA, which began in April 2020 after several unsuccessful job applications elsewhere, plunged to the point that he once contemplated doing something rash.
He said being an emcee for over a decade meant he had zero relevance to the corporate world, and it did not help that he did not get good grades for his degree as a civil engineer. “I was angry I didn’t study harder, and I felt almost useless... (My morale) was really, really bad.”
To make matters worse, the pay he took home as an SDA officer, about S$1,800 a month after Central Provident Fund deductions, was roughly what he could earn in a day on a good month as an emcee and the owner of a company, which is now dormant, that manages other emcees.
