Retrenchment

Sea’s Shopee cuts hundreds of developer jobs in pivot to AI

The reductions, which started this week, amount to about 8 per cent of Shopee’s developer workforce.

More retrenched white-collar workers in Singapore seeking unions’ help

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Forum: Companies should explore genuine alternatives before retrenchments

Forum: Working towards fair and dignified transition for workers

The AI layoffs narrative obscures what’s really happening in Singapore

Decisions around redundancies are often still shaped by more familiar pressures such as cost-cutting, over-hiring, restructuring and broader economic conditions, says the writer.

Forum: Businesses rarely move from success to retrenchment overnight

One frugal table, three money scripts: Why siblings spend very differently

Money is never just money. It is deeply layered with emotional meaning.

Commentary

Retrenchments: Why early disclosure may do more harm than good

Investors value Singapore’s labour market flexibility; it is part of what keeps investment here and sustains good jobs, says the writer.

Forum: More safeguards needed for retrenched workers signing severance documents

Forum: CEO was only stating the truth about job landscape

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