Agoda axes 50 Singapore staff; denies it warned affected staff against reporting to government agencies
The alleged warning has drawn flak from MOM and unions Read more at The Business Times.
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HR only say don't report to MOM, didn't say cannot send to press 😏 Anyway once MOM investigate, Agoda would still have to cough out the severance pay. Stupid sia.
Agoda never cover all the loopholes. lol. And how would the company even know who leaked? lol
A section of the severance document sighted by BT stated that any reports of the matter to government agencies, statutory bodies and trade unions such as Ministry of Manpower (MOM) or the Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices (Tafep) will result in individuals “ceasing to be entitled to the severance” benefits.
So this is the kind of business Agoda is running.
Online travel agency Agoda has cut staff across its operations, including about 50 in Singapore. Sources told The Business Times that the Singapore-headquartered company held a closed-door virtual townhall on Aug 4 with its customer experience group (CEG) employees in Singapore, Shanghai and Budapest on the retrenchment. A document to affected staff also noted that reports to MOM, Tafep will revoke their entitlement to severance benefits. A section of the severance document sighted by BT stated that any reports of the matter to government agencies, statutory bodies and trade unions such as Ministry of Manpower (MOM) or the Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices (Tafep) will result in individuals “ceasing to be entitled to the severance” benefits. A source also told BT he believed Agoda’s customer experience group department “existed mainly to satisfy the local workforce quota”, so it can hire foreign talent in IT and engineering roles.
It's really a new level of stupidity for a large company to write stuff on a formal document that goes against government policy. I've heard of informal threats, verbal coercion, but to put it in writing, that should give us a sense of how capable the entire team is.
Lol brain dead HR/legal team. They really think this kind of scummy practice employees won't say out or leak to public? It's like the whole certis MC thing Congrats now that it's out enjoy the consequences
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