These are articles that I wrote for mainstream media
Maybe private-hire drivers and food delivery riders don’t want full-time jobs
I recall feeling something was amiss when I drove for Uber. This was back in 2016. Initially, I couldn’t pin down what that was. A few days in, I realised that something was work stress. Since no work could be…
Despite stiffer competition, Zoom is ahead of the pack
How quickly things can change. At the beginning of this year, not many of us may have known what the Zoom app was let alone be familiar in using it. Within months, as COVID-19 forced people around the world to…
Annual performance reviews – an archaic HR practice we must disrupt
COVID-19 has forced many companies to adopt flexible and remote working arrangements – hastening a trend that had threatened to disrupt the way we work for years now. While this is a step in the right direction to keep in…
Private-hire driving helped me tide over a tough period. I won’t recommend that to youths today
Driving for a ride-sharing firm is indeed an excellent way to supplement one’s income or if one needs to get a job quickly. That was what I did in 2016. I was 36 years old then and had just left…
The biggest work-from-home exercise may have just begun. How ready is Singapore?
For a long time, flexible working arrangements allowing staff to work from home have been seen as a privilege, to attract late-rising millennials, boost workplace diversity and retain staff with family commitments, especially new mothers. Yet because of the spread…