Working life

askST Jobs: I’m burnt-out at work. Should I change companies or switch careers?

Burnout usually occurs when someone exhausts themselves in a task, routine or role that consistently exceeds their capacity.

This meeting is being recorded. Did you know?

AI recording of work conversations can be extremely useful but beware the downsides, says the writer.

Two-thirds of South Koreans contacted for work after hours: Survey

Sixty-six per cent of respondents said they had been contacted by their superiors after work hours or during holidays and weekends at least once.

askST Jobs: A colleague with less experience was promoted ahead of me. How should I react?

Promotions are usually not based just on tenure.

AI jolts are coming for Singapore’s workers, warns ‘Great Resignation’ professor

Jolts, said organisational psychologist Anthony Klotz, are events that make us re-examine our relationship with our work.

Work is ‘no longer a route out of poverty’, says British think-tank

High rents and low pay mean work is “no longer a route out of poverty” for millions of British families, the report said.

Singaporeans want regional work opportunities but life worries get in the way

Life will always offer reasons to stay, but leadership, increasingly, requires the courage to leave.

Meet the young people in Singapore ‘stacking’ overseas internships to get ahead

Mr Jonas Ngoh, a recent SMU graduate, has interned in workplaces in countries like China, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam.

US home bakers who make over $120,000 annually

Bonnie Ohara makes sourdough bread in Modesto, Calif., Jan. 22, 2026. Ohara was one of the first people to obtain a cottage baking permit from the state of California. (Ashley Lima/The New York Times)

CEO Insights

Working from anywhere is the future, with co-working spaces as part of the solution, says JustCo CEO

JustCo co-founder and CEO Kong Wan Sing said the business has been profitable for the past three years.

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