Life as a trainee in Banquet.
Sucky..
I feel that there wasnt any real communication with the HR training and development dept which i am directly under.. In our contract, they are not supposed to make us work till midnight when we will have to go to school the next day... However, they still put us in this shift on sunday.
The manager commented we are not willing to do OT. But, His meaning of OT is another FULL 8Hrs shift!! How can i ever accept that? I personally do not mind doing a bit more OT if they really needed some REAL help but only for a few hrs.
The employment act states that No employee is to be forced to do OT, Even if the employee performs OT, it shall not be more than 12 hrs a day. BUT PUTTING US TO WORK OT, WITHOUT ASKING US, IS ALREADY "FORCING" US IN A WAY. Working OT for a few hrs is acceptable but for another FULL 8HRS SHIFT?? UNACCEPTABLE! And the best thing is, they dun give 1.5x rate. They just give a flat rate.
Manager compared us to his captains and say that they worked more than 16-18hrs each day and added that in this industry it is like that. BUT! as a trainee, I dun choose to be in this dept, i had to go thru it cos it's part of job attachment requirements. PLUS, i have test every now and then so i need time to study, i cant work too many OTs. The captains did it most probably cos they want to keep their jobs and they too should know about all these and it's their choice to stay or leave.. IT IS NOT OUR PROBLEM!
Manager says it's all about managing your time.. BUT if we were somehow forced to perform OT, where do we have the time then to manage it? Study while working??
Another thing i am unwilling to do OT is.. i am only getting a miserable $500/mth as allowance. Which is the maximum amount not applicable for CPF deductions. If i were to do OT, instead of getting more $$, i will get LESS! Due to the deduction in CPF. I mean... WHO IS SO DUMB TO WORK MORE N YET GET LESS??
Frustrated.. Counting down.. Keeping Cool.. Act Blur Live Longer.. ok.. felt much better.. AND I AM NOT WHINEY!! NOT AT ALL.. *bleah*
I feel that there wasnt any real communication with the HR training and development dept which i am directly under.. In our contract, they are not supposed to make us work till midnight when we will have to go to school the next day... However, they still put us in this shift on sunday.
The manager commented we are not willing to do OT. But, His meaning of OT is another FULL 8Hrs shift!! How can i ever accept that? I personally do not mind doing a bit more OT if they really needed some REAL help but only for a few hrs.
The employment act states that No employee is to be forced to do OT, Even if the employee performs OT, it shall not be more than 12 hrs a day. BUT PUTTING US TO WORK OT, WITHOUT ASKING US, IS ALREADY "FORCING" US IN A WAY. Working OT for a few hrs is acceptable but for another FULL 8HRS SHIFT?? UNACCEPTABLE! And the best thing is, they dun give 1.5x rate. They just give a flat rate.
Manager compared us to his captains and say that they worked more than 16-18hrs each day and added that in this industry it is like that. BUT! as a trainee, I dun choose to be in this dept, i had to go thru it cos it's part of job attachment requirements. PLUS, i have test every now and then so i need time to study, i cant work too many OTs. The captains did it most probably cos they want to keep their jobs and they too should know about all these and it's their choice to stay or leave.. IT IS NOT OUR PROBLEM!
Manager says it's all about managing your time.. BUT if we were somehow forced to perform OT, where do we have the time then to manage it? Study while working??
Another thing i am unwilling to do OT is.. i am only getting a miserable $500/mth as allowance. Which is the maximum amount not applicable for CPF deductions. If i were to do OT, instead of getting more $$, i will get LESS! Due to the deduction in CPF. I mean... WHO IS SO DUMB TO WORK MORE N YET GET LESS??
Frustrated.. Counting down.. Keeping Cool.. Act Blur Live Longer.. ok.. felt much better.. AND I AM NOT WHINEY!! NOT AT ALL.. *bleah*
posted by Xiao Mi Feng @ 11/20/2006 08:09:00 PM
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