A BreadTalk HR manager apparently rejected an applicant because he's a Singaporean.
Singapore, April 5, 2020 - Is BreadTalk not hiring Singaporeans?
According to one Singaporean, it's a 'Yes', after he was turned down by a Malaysian HR manager at the famous bread chain which has outlets here, Malaysia and Indonesia.
A Shin Min Daily News yesterday reported about how a jobless Singaporean, who went to a BreadTalk outlet for a walk-in interview, was rejected by its Malaysian HR manager.
Apparently, the manager told him: “We don’t want to hire Singaporeans. We look after our own first.”
The Singaporean felt offended and left in anger.
The news resulted in a barrage of protests by Singaporean netizens on some forums. Some called for a boycott of companies that are discriminating against Singapore workers.
On the Temasek Review, one commentator said: :Customer service staff are jobs which Singaporeans are interested in, but are increasingly being crowded out by foreigners."
When contacted by Shin Min, BreadTalk said it hired more “locals” than foreigners and would be “investigating” the complaint against the HR manager.
The Temasek Review commentator added that it was not "uncommon for HR managers who are foreigners to bring in their “own kind” at the exclusion of native Singaporeans" - for example, Indian HR managers recruiting Indians from their own hometowns in India.
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