Are you happy with your job in Singapore? Passion or money?
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Why is Singaporean flowning their face going to work in the morning? Long hours, OT everyday till late nights, facing their bosses everyday, tons of works? Feeling extreme low mood having monday blues. It is a torture to sit in that office cubicles, rushing unfinished works for the whole day. I am underpaid but have to suffer the mental torture. My overpaid boss does nothing.
Stress, stress and more stress!! Crazy work, and frustrated, in the result I threw my keyboard and smashed the monitor screen in the office..
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Sigh. Welcome to Singapore. -
bo bian, needs to survive.
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It is only natural.. WHY?Originally posted by Meilin86:Why is Singaporean flowning their face going to work in the morning? Long hours, OT everyday till late nights, facing their bosses everyday, tons of works? Feeling extreme low mood having monday blues. It is a torture to sit in that office cubicles, rushing unfinished works for the whole day. I am underpaid but have to suffer the mental torture. My overpaid boss does nothing.
Stress, stress and more stress!! Crazy work, and frustrated, in the result I threw my keyboard and smashed the monitor screen in the office..
Share your view and experiences.
Just picture this; before the ordinary wage earner can receive that increment in salary at work, there will be an increase in something. And when an ordinary wage earner finally gets that raise of promotion, they find costs of certain monthly necessities have again gone up.. and when people who were looking forward to retiring and seeing to some of their heard earned CPF monies, the government pushed it further away to 65 years old...
How can anyone, SMILE - or have passion for that matter? -
You should try sittng in front of you boss or having your boss sitting beside you pinpoint (not guide or direct, its pinpoint) when you work.
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My boss either read newspapers or doing nothing. Chit chat on phone, talking to his kids, laughing all the way. Never seen him on his desk doing proper job.Missing for days. Just know how to instruct people in conference call.
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It seen like most of our fellow countrymen having the wages still struck between the range. With such expensive housing and transport in the future, how can my future husband and I afford that? Property play seen like the rich men games En-blocking. We poor have to lag behind the societies again.Originally posted by HyperFocal:It is only natural.. WHY?
Just picture this; before the ordinary wage earner can receive that increment in salary at work, there will be an increase in something. And when an ordinary wage earner finally gets that raise of promotion, they find costs of certain monthly necessities have again gone up.. and when people who were looking forward to retiring and seeing to some of their heard earned CPF monies, the government pushed it further away to 65 years old...
How can anyone, SMILE - or have passion for that matter?
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"Boss" and senior management are not judged based on the number of hours they work behind their desk, but rather their ability to grow the business and meet shareholders' expectation.Originally posted by Meilin86:My boss either read newspapers or doing nothing. Chit chat on phone, talking to his kids, laughing all the way. Never seen him on his desk doing proper job.Missing for days. Just know how to instruct people in conference call.
Instead of comparing yourself to your boss, you should be more inspired to work harder and smarter so that you can do what he is doing.
In the movie Star Wars, Master Yoda is always seating on the chair and playing with kids, while young jedi are always training and out protecting the galaxy. However when the war erupted, it is always the Master Yoda that safe the Jedi -
Its just how our economy was built. Also the social culture here in Singapore and how it has developed. A culture that was based on money. Fines for everything. Always including a financial cost for something the government discourages. Like ERP and COE to reduce traffic congestions, but then why are car made for affordable then? why the removal of the 30% mandatory down payment and then charge higher ERP? Classic example of Selective protectionistsm by the govt. (in this case, the banks were being protected)
From the early 90s, there was a frustration among Singaporeans that has been building up ever so gradually. Singaporeans bite the bullet, work 60 hour weeks to keep their jobs. Almost no social security, the fear of dying on the street due to no income hence no medical care, is a ever-present and constant worry among working middle class. To a point that the government, facing criticism of not promoting work-life balance, has started some worklife initiatives.
A first world nation, where only a minority elite enjoy first world comforts (not just material, but psychological and social as well.) While the huge majority of the workforce are left to chase their rice bowls (peasant mentality). Should enjoying life be left to only the rich and elite?
The nation is now like a huge production machine, or rather was moving in that direction. They take the best scholars into govt service, a substantial portion of money earned by singaporeans, go back to government.
How?
Over 90% of Singapore live in HDB flats, which means CPF savings go back to government. With HDB prices being government controlled. Cost of building HDB flats was never revealed comprehensively.
How many of you have savings in Banks that are owned by Temasek holdings? Then again, money that doesn't go into CPF, goes into those banks, DBS, OCBC etc.. Again the cash is in the government hands.
no accountability on the failed investments with the CPF money.
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I agree with you. I like Master Yoda too. But this is Singapore not movies. Most of the slaves in my workplace are pushed to do multiple tasks in single days. Til burned-out. Fixed labour with exponential rate of work-load. Top management only care about profits and squeeze the juice from us. Executed stomped, trampled and stressed by deadline.........Originally posted by Gazelle:"Boss" and senior management are not judged based on the number of hours they work behind their desk, but rather their ability to grow the business and meet shareholders' expectation.
Instead of comparing yourself to your boss, you should be more inspired to work harder and smarter so that you can do what he is doing.
In the movie Star Wars, Master Yoda is always seating on the chair and playing with kids, while young jedi are always training and out protecting the galaxy. However when the war erupted, it is always the Master Yoda that safe the Jedi -
"leading by example" is apparently an alien concept among many Singaporean Management personnel. Especially among local firms. Although Singapore is not the only nation suffering from a lack of such leaders. Leadership by example is a key to the success of many firms. This problem is especially prevalent in the construction industry here in singapore.
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Long time back... kids in secondary schools studied and grew up with a dream in their hearts and minds... and they eventually DID realized their dreams and lived it... today, they are the desperate Older folks either jobless or are intensely worried over "retirement" years... which by the way, is getting pushed further and further away from their sight...
Todays kids, they are growing up with a Living Nightmare to deal with when they eventually make an entrance into the working world... dreams are considered a luxury to fulfil, only for those who chosed and planned from childhood to realize them abroad - and subsequently never return or, return as Foreign Talents flaunting Dual Citizenships which our almighty government prohibits...
I forsee this overly zealious Foreign Policy becoming another Casino U-turn... -
I work to live, not live to work.......
Passion is irrelevant. Even if you love your hobby, when your hobby becomes work, you'll just want to get it over and done with...... passion and interest are the furthest from your minds!
I'm pretty happy with my lot in the office at present. I'm just not happy that my immediate boss is so goddamn bo liao and yet can be sitting pretty above me and dishing out stoo-pid instructions.........
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money for survival
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For the lack of passion and working just for the mulah alone, hence SG yields not many Golden Gooses that can lay Golden Eggs - apart from Creative's Sim Wong Hu...Originally posted by :I work to live, not live to work.......
Passion is irrelevant. Even if you love your hobby, when your hobby becomes work, you'll just want to get it over and done with...... passion and interest are the furthest from your minds!
I'm pretty happy with my lot in the office at present. I'm just not happy that my immediate boss is so goddamn bo liao and yet can be sitting pretty above me and dishing out stoo-pid instructions.........
These days, people are too busy keeping their heads above the waterline to be creative - or even realize their creativeness...
It is thusly not a wonder we do not have a J K Rowling of our own... -
To me, I work because of interest, if that's what makes me happy. Happiness in a job also depends on your colleagues. Try to find the job of your interest whereby the people there treat u like a family. However, there's always the bad side. If the people treat u like a family, the management may not be what u had expected. So it's either the colleagues, or the management.
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Suppose 86 is an indicative of your birth year, I would suppose that you are now only about 21 years old and suppose if you grad from university, you must have only work for 1 year or so? am i right?Originally posted by Meilin86:I agree with you. I like Master Yoda too. But this is Singapore not movies. Most of the slaves in my workplace are pushed to do multiple tasks in single days. Til burned-out. Fixed labour with exponential rate of work-load. Top management only care about profits and squeeze the juice from us. Executed stomped, trampled and stressed by deadline......... -
Well, experienced people love to weigh less experience people down with their so-called historical experience instead of solving current issues to the best solution. Nowadays people just use standard answers. If this goes on, how can one learn?
Bosses and workers are alike. If one is stubborn and inflexible, time will catch with one.
From my point of view, moral ethics are the most important.
I doubt anyone wants to face a political enemy at work, a colleague who like to wayang or saka. Or a boss who is biase, on rewarding apple polishers and bootlickers. These people don't have moral ethics. -
common.Originally posted by Meilin86:My boss either read newspapers or doing nothing. Chit chat on phone, talking to his kids, laughing all the way. Never seen him on his desk doing proper job.Missing for days. Just know how to instruct people in conference call. -
you have just described quite a large population of people out there...Originally posted by Eiizumi:Well, experienced people love to weigh less experience people down with their so-called historical experience instead of solving current issues to the best solution. Nowadays people just use standard answers. If this goes on, how can one learn?
Bosses and workers are alike. If one is stubborn and inflexible, time will catch with one.
From my point of view, moral ethics are the most important.
I doubt anyone wants to face a political enemy at work, a colleague who like to wayang or saka. Or a boss who is biase, on rewarding apple polishers and bootlickers. These people don't have moral ethics. -
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precisely. i suggest a political purge of these people . lolOriginally posted by mistyblue:you have just described quite a large population of people out there... -
Have you noticed that most asian societies are similar? Do you see the Japanese, Thais or Malaysians smiling when they go to work?Originally posted by Meilin86:Why is Singaporean flowning their face going to work in the morning? Long hours, OT everyday till late nights, facing their bosses everyday, tons of works? Feeling extreme low mood having monday blues. It is a torture to sit in that office cubicles, rushing unfinished works for the whole day. I am underpaid but have to suffer the mental torture. My overpaid boss does nothing.
Stress, stress and more stress!! Crazy work, and frustrated, in the result I threw my keyboard and smashed the monitor screen in the office..
Share your view and experiences.
The perception that SG is the only culture where people don't smile is fiction. Keep in mind that the majority of people out there are simply filling a need.
If you feel that the pressure is getting to you, take your foot off the accelerator, tap the brakes and relax. All the money in the world cannot pay for the time lost during your working years. Make the most of it where possible, and maybe our society will become less aggressive, less impatient and off their 'ray of sunshine' you so yearn for.
Ultimately, it is up to the individual to reduce their stress burden. Nobody pointed a pistol at your head and forced you to work. -
Nobody force you to work ? Think again.
Who is forcing the old aunties to go on streets and forage cans from dustbins ?
Who is pushing the retirement age and the minimum CPF savings further up ?
The majority of the peasants work to live but FTs, as well as the bus / GST hikes, are making their lives even harder.
If you can live a decent lifestyle without having to work then i say you are one lucky guy. -
Well said...Originally posted by Sagara:Nobody force you to work ? Think again.
Who is forcing the old aunties to go on streets and forage cans from dustbins ?
Who is pushing the retirement age and the minimum CPF savings further up ?
The majority of the peasants work to live but FTs, as well as the bus / GST hikes, are making their lives even harder.
If you can live a decent lifestyle without having to work then i say you are one lucky guy.
... everybody is not just working for the money - people are working the asses off to feed an expensive slave-driving government...