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I had a friend that worked there for a few years. He was all set to come home for a holiday and management waltzed in and just told everybody holidays were susp

by rusk 6y ago

I had a friend that worked there for a few years. He was all set to come home for a holiday and management waltzed in and just told everybody holidays were suspended. He still got to come home as he was something of a special case but it was a good story for us ... Also the legend of the bank who called a fire drill then revoked everyone’s security when they were out of the building and told them they were laid off ...

baybal2 6y ago
Yes, fire at will is there, on the other hand you have quite potent wrongful termination lawsuits, and a number of hiring quotas which are often enforced. Singapore is probably the only country which would force a business to hire somebody with clinically severe mental development issues.
- ValentineC 6y ago
  > Singapore is probably the only country which would force a business to hire somebody with clinically severe mental development issues. On the other hand, mental conditions are heavily stigmatised in Singapore. No government-linked company (and Singapore's sovereign wealth fund has its fingers in most large and up-and-coming companies here) would hire someone on a career track if they have a diagnosed mental condition of some sort, anxiety and depression included. Public health insurance downplays the severity of most mental conditions, but the status quo seems to be slowly improving: https://www.tnp.sg/news/singapore/move-include-addictions-self-harm-under-medishield-life-praised https://www.tnp.sg/news/singapore/move-include-addictions-se...