Work permit

• olala

  20 Jul 06, 20:19

  My company advertised a position on the newspaper today,looking for a admin clerk
  calls came in,enquiring about the job
  but many a time,the calls were made by some PRC,they claimed they were Uni studs who had completed their studies
  They asked if it was possible for the company to apply a work permit on their behalf
  My manager said no
  saying most of them are making use of the company to obtain a work permit and after that,about 5 days they started work after their work permit have be made,they'll most probaly leave the company
  I thought it was pretty scheming of them PRC to resort to such underhands to get a work permit
  of course not all are into this kinda ''scheme"
  but on the whole,most are
  
  To what extend do u guys these PRCs are juz resorting to these"udnerhand"
  means for their own advantages?
• the Bear

  20 Jul 06, 20:20

  the moment they "disappear" from the company and the work permit is cancelled, they have 7 days to leave singapore..
• olala

  20 Jul 06, 20:29

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  the moment they "disappear" from the company and the work permit is cancelled, they have 7 days to leave singapore..

  so why did my collegue and manager said that they wuld b up to hanky pany and run away?
• 105090

  20 Jul 06, 20:34

  malaysians are no better
  
  today: apply for work permit
  1 week later: obtain work permit
  2 weeks later after getting salary on a saturday: absent from work on monday to goodness knows when
• the Bear

  20 Jul 06, 20:35

  ignorance
  
  

  Originally posted by olala:

  so why did my collegue and manager said that they wuld b up to hanky pany and run away?

• olala

  20 Jul 06, 20:54

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  ignorance
  
  

  To a certain minor extend,yes
  but i think its mainly they dun wanna go to the trouble to do all the paper work
  
  morever
  chances are many will be abscent after a while
  their fears and concern are even further justified by the media
  surly i dun blame em
  nor will i say any party is in the wrong
  the company have been pretty much understaffed for some time
  i wuld say its an issue of the image most PRCs are potraying
  
  
• the Bear

  20 Jul 06, 21:02

  uhh... so.. trouble with paperwork vs paying the "foreign worker" levy which isn't cheap
  
  your boss would do the paperwork immediately
  
  i think he's not telling you something
• olala

  20 Jul 06, 21:04

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  uhh... so.. trouble with paperwork vs paying the "foreign worker" levy which isn't cheap
  
  your boss would do the paperwork immediately
  
  i think he's not telling you something

  that i duno
  Trouble with paper work vs foreign
  haha..u got a point but what if both of the above vs singaproean ?
  even better no need all the hassle
  
  
• FireIce

  21 Jul 06, 00:30

  as long as ur boss no make them pregnant it's ok
• NotFromVenus

  21 Jul 06, 00:38

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  the moment they "disappear" from the company and the work permit is cancelled, they have 7 days to leave singapore..

  I believe when PRC claims to be having papers , they meant Employment Passes. Or S Passes.
  
  Of coz those are harder to detect when they themselves do not cancel their Employment Passes when they have stopped working .
  
  
• de_middle

  21 Jul 06, 11:50

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  the moment they "disappear" from the company and the work permit is cancelled, they have 7 days to leave singapore..

  Not necessarily so, when they work for a company.....the company needs to pay MOM a security bond of abt 5K.
  
  If the worker goes missing, they company can choose to report by will have to forgo the 5K & a record will be held against the company.
  
  So companies are at a loss, when such workers go missing, some company will not report & will hope that the worker comes back b4 the permit expires & be repatriated back.
• ditzy

  21 Jul 06, 11:55

  Yes man, there was this myanmar guy who wanted to take up this position offered in my company, claimed he had a double degree, but later admit he only got diploma, asked to help apply work permit also.
• Xcert

  21 Jul 06, 19:11

  PRC uni grads from singapore uni would mostly likely be able to get PR...if cannot get PR at least would be able to get EP...so work permit is a little "off"...beware...
• NewAge

  21 Jul 06, 22:34

  so shld a company hire PRC or not?
• EveryGirlsMan

  21 Jul 06, 23:32

  Originally posted by olala:

  My company advertised a position on the newspaper today,looking for a admin clerk
  calls came in,enquiring about the job
  but many a time,the calls were made by some PRC,they claimed they were Uni studs who had completed their studies
  They asked if it was possible for the company to apply a work permit on their behalf
  My manager said no
  saying most of them are making use of the company to obtain a work permit and after that,about 5 days they started work after their work permit have be made,they'll most probaly leave the company
  I thought it was pretty scheming of them PRC to resort to such underhands to get a work permit
  of course not all are into this kinda ''scheme"
  but on the whole,most are
  
  To what extend do u guys these PRCs are juz resorting to these"udnerhand"
  means for their own advantages?

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• olala

  22 Jul 06, 01:21

  Originally posted by NewAge:

  so shld a company hire PRC or not?

  i really believe it depends but it wuld b more on to the 'last resort' thingy
  u might call me biase but i believe many companies have their point
  
  u see,why shld a company go thro all the hassle and paperwork to hire a prc or foreigner when they can get a sgporean to fit the bill
  we're talking abt the standard jobs here...like clerk
  many sgporean wuld gladly apply for a position as a clerk anyway
  
  unless we're talking abt constrution workers or cleaners,then will there b a need for foreigner
  im nt saying these jobs are for cheaper labour
  but since most sgporean wun take up these jobs,company wuld have to hire foreigners to do it