Hi Gilbert, I came across your website and would like to express my thoughts with you. Something about myself: I graduated from a local university 2 years back and started working with the local branch of an international company and am currently earning decent money. However, I cannot say that my future is as bright with so many foreign ’talents’ around. Even in my company, there are plenty of Malaysians and Filipino managers around and locals are reporting to them. Even though this paints quite a ‘meritocratic’ picture, I feel that this is not sustainable in the long term. One, these FTs are cheaper and depress wages while they will eventually retire back home where the costs are much lower. Since locals are not sufficiently trained, this becomes a vicious cycle in the long term where Singaporeans are not sufficiently trained with both technical and soft skills for a senior management job. We are then forced to hire more foreigners to fill this position. Locals are contented (and perhaps I may even say ignorant) so as long as they have a job and staying in their HDB flats and taking the MRT which they attribute as a good job on part of the government. Look at all the expensive cars and posh condos in Singapore and you will realise the majority of them are owned by foreigners. As for me, I think there is no more financial security when one reaches the age of 40. One just needs to get retrenched before he wakes up! Thanks,
FJ
我遇到了你的网站,并想与你表达我的想法。关于我自己:我毕业于一所当地大学2年前,开始与一家国际公司的当地分公司合作,目前正在赚取体面的钱。然而,我不能说我的未来是如此之多如此之多的外国人才。即使在我的公司,有大量的马来西亚和菲律宾经理周围和当地人向他们报告。即使这是一个相当“精明的”图片,我觉得这是不可持续的长期。其一,这些金融服务公司的成本更低,工资更低,而他们最终将退休回家,成本更低。由于当地人没有得到充分的培训,这成为一个长期的恶性循环,新加坡人没有受过高级管理工作的技术和软技能的充分培训。然后我们被迫雇用更多的外国人填补这个位置。当地人满意(也许我甚至可以说无知),只要他们有一份工作,住在他们的HDB公寓和采取MRT,他们认为政府的一部分是一份好工作。看看所有昂贵的汽车和豪华公寓在新加坡,你会意识到,他们中的大多数是由外国人拥有。对于我来说,我认为当一个人达到40岁时,没有更多的财务安全。只有在醒来之前,他才需要被解雇!谢谢,FJ
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