Getting EPs is going to get tougher

[Addadude]

Just because there are hordes of particular nationality in MNCs doesn't mean they have been hired by ignoring locals.

Its like there are hordes of Bangladeshi cleaners in HDB blocks, doesn't mean they were hired by disadvantaging Singaporeans.

You see these same nationalities in abundance in MNCs in top cities anywhere in the world. Go to Microsoft in Redmond and see for yourself.

http://redmond.patch.com/groups/politic ... 9474ad98b8

The examples I'm talking about are where a preference for a particular nationality has been clearly expressed despite the fact that there are equally talented locals available to do the job.

And I'm not just talking about our favourite 'sub-continent' nationality.

I'm talking about bosses from the 'Peens', Oz and the UK blatantly giving unfair preference to their own nationalities.

[JR8]

Perception often trumps reality

Often when it comes to politics.

[Barnsley]

Perception often trumps reality

Often when it comes to politics.

Correct

[Barnsley]

[The examples I'm talking about are where a preference for a particular nationality has been clearly expressed despite the fact that there are equally talented locals available to do the job.

And I'm not just talking about our favourite 'sub-continent' nationality.

I'm talking about bosses from the 'Peens', Oz and the UK blatantly giving unfair preference to their own nationalities.

It was pretty obvious you were on about all nationalities, however WD40 has an Indian obsession methinks ....

[Addadude]

It was pretty obvious you were on about all nationalities, however WD40 has an Indian obsession methinks ....

Well in all fairness, we usually are referring to that 'sub-continent' in other threads here!

[the lynx]

[The examples I'm talking about are where a preference for a particular nationality has been clearly expressed despite the fact that there are equally talented locals available to do the job.

And I'm not just talking about our favourite 'sub-continent' nationality.

I'm talking about bosses from the 'Peens', Oz and the UK blatantly giving unfair preference to their own nationalities.

It was pretty obvious you were on about all nationalities, however WD40 has an Indian obsession methinks ....

You will have to excuse Wd40, sometimes his opinions revolve around his Indian world.

[Wd40]

True, but in this particular instance, I was referring not just to Indians, but Filipinos and PRCs as well.

[AndrewV]

The examples I'm talking about are where a preference for a particular nationality has been clearly expressed despite the fact that there are equally talented locals available to do the job.

And I'm not just talking about our favourite 'sub-continent' nationality.

I'm talking about bosses from the 'Peens', Oz and the UK blatantly giving unfair preference to their own nationalities.

This is exactly what the government is trying to avoid. I have seen situations in certain companies where practically all the people in the team were from the same batch from the manager's university days. I was able to see first hand the capabilities of these individuals and I was able to ascertain with a high degree of certainty that they were not hired for their skills. The roles were further for a very commoditized skill for which there would have been several locals who would have been readily signed up. Mind you these are not low paying jobs, they were in the 7K+ range per month (ok, possibly low by this forums standard )

The government should be mindful to let the skilled ones through, but such lackey focused hiring mentality needs to be stopped.

Another thing I have noticed is that the good ones usually are comfortable managing multi-cultural teams and are able to drive the team forward collectively, the not-so-good ones (to be polite) find this much tougher and therefore prefer to bring in their own kind.

[the lynx]

Mind you these are not low paying jobs, they were in the 7K+ range per month (ok, possibly low by this forums standard )

I'm sorry but I had to laugh at this

[Addadude]

Mind you these are not low paying jobs, they were in the 7K+ range per month (ok, possibly low by this forums standard )

I'm sorry but I had to laugh at this

Yes. I mean 7K+ per month is certainly not possibly low by this forum's standard. It's definitely low, right?

[rajagainstthemachine]

so we all need at least a P1 EP to post here from now on,
SMS is going to be the MOM of this place

[sundaymorningstaple]

Mad Old Man?

Nah. Cantankerous Curmudgeon maybe.

[Addadude]

Mad Old Man?

Nah. Cantankerous Curmudgeon maybe.

How about GOB?

(Grumpy Old Bugger)

[Brah]

Seen this?

http://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2014/05 ... ncreasing/

"Our total foreign workforce increased by 123,700 between Dec 2011 to Dec 2013 – that’s more than 60,000 each year."

[AngMoG]

Seen this?

http://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2014/05 ... ncreasing/

"Our total foreign workforce increased by 123,700 between Dec 2011 to Dec 2013 – that’s more than 60,000 each year."

Yeah... they're keeping EP steady, but no employers are just maximizing their SP quotas. Not sure if the hope was that people would be happy enough with just the EP jobs (aka higher-paying jobs) being more for locals? There's some serious imbalance in the economy in SG - that is not going to fix it.