From The Straits Times
Singapore can’t afford to let sudden layoffs become the norm
By Weiyi Ng
Tech layoffs are surging worldwide. More than 100,000 workers have already lost their jobs so far in 2024.
One of the latest abrupt layoffs in Singapore was at tech company Dyson, after it had axed 1,000 jobs in Britain in July. At that time, the company had said that the Singapore office would not be directly impacted by the job cuts in Britain...
These career patterns are a characteristic feature of the industry, not a bug. Professor AnnaLee Saxenian at UC Berkeley’s School of Information, has this to say about Silicon Valley workers: “A man who has not changed companies is anxious to explain why; a man who has (changed companies) several times feels no need to justify his actions...”
AnnaLee (Anno) Saxenian was previously Dean of the School of Information and she holds a joint faculty appointment in the School of Information and the Department of City and Regional Planning at UC Berkeley.
