tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11702093.post8490355116872657674..comments2024-03-28T22:56:40.743+08:00Comments on Tan Kin Lian's Blog: OutsourcingTan Kin Lianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00617069056914635271noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11702093.post-6800911946147985992010-05-21T13:05:29.804+08:002010-05-21T13:05:29.804+08:00Protest vote?
No effect whatsoever.
Possibily the...Protest vote?<br />No effect whatsoever.<br /><br />Possibily there are about 20,000 PMET or other categories of people that remain unemployed. These people are not living together in the same GRC or constituency where an election contest may take place.<br /><br />So, what ever protest vote that is being hoped for is going to have ZERO effect. Goes the same with land banking or minibond saga..<br /><br />Change? nah..! better we change our strategies.. cant beat them, join them.. work like a foreigner with same pay and eat, sleep like them too.. do we have that courage? will it have an impact?<br /><br />Sure!.. swamp all agencies with request for similar jobs that foreigners do but ask for 10% lower wages.. do not eat at food courts, do not buy new uniforms for kids, do not buy cars, do not spend anything above $10.<br />Dress like Phua Chu Kang.foreignernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11702093.post-919165443139861202010-05-21T10:47:29.003+08:002010-05-21T10:47:29.003+08:00I wonder what would happen if Apple were a singapo...I wonder what would happen if Apple were a singapore company.. would we insist on local workers for them?<br /><br />Would we kill singapore Apple company because they had outsourced iPhone production to China?<br /><br />I wonder whether Creative Tech has outsourced some of their work... Maybe we should find out and put Mr Sim under some pressure if so.<br /><br />Singaporeans fighting singaporeans... sigh<br /><br />Would Apple be able to be competitive if they DIDN'T outsource?<br /><br />ConspiracyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11702093.post-66943090195145653852010-05-21T10:17:03.320+08:002010-05-21T10:17:03.320+08:00The way I see it.
Outsourcing has its pros and co...The way I see it.<br /><br />Outsourcing has its pros and cons.<br /><br />Pros. Work will be able to be done at a cheaper cost. Foreign workers who are staying here will contribute demand for rental. Economic competitiveness maintained bec we are not too expensive. <br /><br />Cons. Loss of work for locals. or reemployment at lower wages. Locals may be unable to afford some basic items due to low wages. <br /><br />The call to work by the government may be hollow due to workers being unable to be employed. This leads to very little savings in their hands.<br /><br />Aid by the various agencies will last for only a few months while they may be permanent unemployment.<br /><br />This, the present day government will have to take note. Otherwise they risk a massive protest vote.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11702093.post-3591820729541598182010-05-20T21:15:42.152+08:002010-05-20T21:15:42.152+08:00senior singaporeans are fat and eat too much.
They...senior singaporeans are fat and eat too much.<br />They loiter at coffee shops or food courts and watch the world go by<br />They refuse to go for training because they claim it is a waste of time, and also claim that there sgould be guarantees of work after the training.<br />They sell en bloc and spend the $$<br />They depend on their kids and Gov<br />They are not creative and lack inspiration to drive themselves<br />they blame the Gov for all their ills.<br />They queue up to gamble on soccer,horses and toto<br />They eat & eat all day long.<br /><br />they attend shareholder meetings not to understand the business but to eat.<br />they drive 100km just to fill their petrol tanks<br />they demand excellent service but are rude themselves<br />they want cheap and good and fast<br />but they want to be paid above market rates, when their wages are not cheap and they are not good and they are not fast... except to go and eat.singaporeannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11702093.post-60270026822528794842010-05-20T12:31:20.738+08:002010-05-20T12:31:20.738+08:00"""In the past, our office cleaning..."""In the past, our office cleaning ladies are mostly elderly locals. Nowadays, I see alot of younger mainland Chinese ladies taking up these jobs.""""<br /><br />Locals "don't mind" to suffer for the good of the "big picture"???!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11702093.post-82584278730226887102010-05-20T11:47:44.589+08:002010-05-20T11:47:44.589+08:00eh so 巧, some friends were just talking about the ...eh so 巧, some friends were just talking about the f**ked up service std in Spore these days :)<br /><br />http://recruit-ong.blogspot.com/2010/05/moving-backwards-20-years.html<br /><br />recruit ongAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11702093.post-54951222926588104902010-05-20T11:27:51.428+08:002010-05-20T11:27:51.428+08:00Actually, it is quite scary that Singapore compani...Actually, it is quite scary that Singapore companies are being motivated or encouraged to tap manpower resources both from India (14b) and China (13b) - from managerial to unskilled. I foresee that home grown Singaporeans have no competitive advantage when compared to these FTs (??). Looking at it from the macro level, we might be doing the right thing to keep ourselves competitive. But at the micro level, we are the victims of our own success. That could probably explain whey many Singaporeans choose to quit and leave the county.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11702093.post-48987661222169809382010-05-20T11:09:28.416+08:002010-05-20T11:09:28.416+08:00Like the earlier post by Tan KL on restructuring, ...Like the earlier post by Tan KL on restructuring, these has been ongoing for many years.<br /><br />But it has never become a political issue seriously affecting the election outcome for PAP. So maybe it is not an issue affecting the majority.<br /><br />Will it be different this time? Maybe the PAP still thinks not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11702093.post-29573136886971905612010-05-20T11:08:06.913+08:002010-05-20T11:08:06.913+08:00Like the earlier post by Tan KL on restructuring, ...Like the earlier post by Tan KL on restructuring, these has been ongoing for many years.<br /><br />But it has never become a political issue seriously affecting the election outcome for PAP. So maybe not a majority issue.<br /><br />Will it be different this time? Maybe the PAP still thinks not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11702093.post-11554123511992819872010-05-20T09:33:42.965+08:002010-05-20T09:33:42.965+08:00In the past, our office cleaning ladies are mostly...In the past, our office cleaning ladies are mostly elderly locals. Nowadays, I see alot of younger mainland Chinese ladies taking up these jobs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11702093.post-6227730153394830682010-05-20T09:26:02.678+08:002010-05-20T09:26:02.678+08:00Outsourcing also marginalise local workers when th...Outsourcing also marginalise local workers when there is no "Minimum Wage Policy".<br /><br />Even if local workers are not discriminated when there is exceptional economic performance, it is OK only if employers are willing to pay. However, this is just the macro view for the Govt. <br /><br />At the micro-level, the local workers still suffer, because a minimum wage policy is not in place.<br /><br />The Govt is happy because they could collect foreign worker levies...while our State provides little welfare to locals; and zero unemployment benefits.C H Yakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03195578024282791294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11702093.post-57859483366608728202010-05-20T09:05:05.049+08:002010-05-20T09:05:05.049+08:00""This makes life very difficult for man...""This makes life very difficult for many Singaporeans.""<br /><br />Good observation!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11702093.post-34075981644145556242010-05-20T09:00:25.710+08:002010-05-20T09:00:25.710+08:00Senior management staff are paid more and more per...Senior management staff are paid more and more performance bonus and that will lead them to be more focus on increasing profits for themselves. <br /><br />Ordinary employees are paid wages and wages are seem as costs to the management and they will want to keep it as low as possible. <br /><br />Performance bonus is not seem as cost but as an incentive for senior management staff to perform even better in cost cutting.Createwealth8888https://www.blogger.com/profile/08563834016250153049noreply@blogger.com