60 EP positions dropped, we can't afford it??

[Cottonmouth]

'Global talent a necessity, not a luxury': How can S'pore stay competitive amid expat decline?​

As at last December, there were 161,700 Employment Pass holders here, compared with 193,700 in pre-pandemic 2019 and 175,400 in 2011. ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG

Justin Ong
Political Correspondent

PUBLISHED

19 MAR 2022, 5:00 AM SGT

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SINGAPORE - Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Singapore office of a United States-headquartered technology company has shed a third of its staff, which included forgoing 60 places that would have been filled by Employment Pass (EP) holders.
The main reason? "We can't afford it," a regional vice-president for the company told The Straits Times, citing how minimum EP salary requirements have been raised three times in under three years. These are roles that Singaporeans could not have filled as they required proficiency in languages such as Thai or Vietnamese, she added.

https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...can-spore-stay-competitive-amid-expat-decline

 

[eatshitndie]

sales, marketing, and cumstomer service roles in a legacy u.s. “tech” dinosaur company like hp, ibm, oracle, ncr, etc., which serve the region.

 

[Hypocrite-The]

Wat is the definition of talent in singkieland case? Like Von Braun to yankeeland?

 

[A Singaporean]

In future all EPs would require a foreign language so that no Sinkie will qualify. A legal way to displace Sinkies. Sinkies not happy can fuck off.

 

[syed putra]

G0 next door and open their offices there. JB will welcome them with open arms.

 

[batman1]

Ask the Foreign company to fark off to JB or Myanmar or North Korea.

 

[batman1]

In future all EPs would require a foreign language so that no Sinkie will qualify. A legal way to displace Sinkies. Sinkies not happy can fuck off.

In future, all foreign EP applicants need to pass a 2nd language in Malay,Chines or Tamil to qualify for EP.

 

[jw5]

In future, all foreign EP applicants need to pass a 2nd language in Malay,Chines or Tamil to qualify for EP.

All of them will pass. Make them take an English proficiency test and 70% will fail.

 

[knowwhatyouwantinlife]

Own self play own self out whats new here?

 

[rushifa666]

how else will our women be molested and raped

 

[mojito]

"Base in SG is a luxury, not a necessity." That would be my response. It is indeed a loss but we don't have to win them all. As Pyrrhus said after defeating the Romans, "another victory like this and we shall surely be ruined."