New Technical DM returned to SG last year and been doing commercial job. Maybe top dogs knew about altona in advance and moved people out but more likely she was moved back as art of opex cuts.
Aussie in SG went the other one way to take on role in Altona
The past is in your head. The future is in your hand.
Don't be afraid of change. You may lose something good but you may gain something better.
Hey I heard that the new Technical DM got ejected from Altona Ref, after their closure was announced recently.
But was “protected” from the layoff there, because she is an SGean. A return-to-sender case hehe!
Better day?
Yah lah, maybe perhaps - now that the Refinery will have a new Operations DM and a new Technical DM.
Tomorrow will be a better day! 💪💪
We really deserve better leadership in Singapore than the sh-t we had been served so far after GSK had left.
Algae again? wonder how long has this algae topic been around. Must be NOT economically feasible lar.
Singapore as a country is saving our site refinery before it retires for good, slowing down the EV transition. Can't believe that f&l always see EV as a threat, so backward looking. What if transition is at full speed, just like other developed countries? Guess the site be gone in just a couple of years.
Hello, my name is Algae
Yes get out of retail.. convert all manufacturing sites, retail stations and even hbf office space to algae farm :)
China’s new Electric Plasma Jet Engine:
https://youtu.be/zreTrshsg-c
Air (and space) travel will also go fully electric, eventually!
If Singapore attains it’s target of >80% EV penetration by 2050, what will happen to the fuel Retail business here?
Now, expand that same question to the developed world / OECD countries, or even China.
If the IOCs cannot continue to peddle retail gasoline and diesel, then they must also convert all their gas stations to electricity charging bays right?
“If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em !!!”
Or perhaps … give up the leases completely and get out of the Retail business for both fuels and lubricants?
CRISP wants to turn Resid to Lubes (for use in internal combustion engines).
But the world is moving to EVs, where traditional automative lubricants (those that you pour into current engine blocks) will become irrelevant and obsolete.
So how?
a taboo to mention crisp to mgmt, it is the slowest turtle in the industry, no where to hide faces.
The new board member is from Neste, stay 10yrs in Singapore to set up biofuel business which now expanding with $1.5billon euro project. Maybe em sg site will be converted to biofuel plant. Those many left to neste looks good move. forget about crisp, not sure even survive through, the longer the wait the less chance it become real...
The recent loss of EM Corp’s 3 board seats to a group of minority (but influential, clean energy) shareholders is akin to having “barbarians at the gates).
Could this spell the downward slide of DW’s control as Chairman and CEO?
What if there were to be a vote of no confidence among the majority shareholders?
i was just thinking.
with the grand plan of outsourcing most of the technical and engineering support to KLTC, is this action considered "legal"?
I mean, the government gives tax rebates and benefits for MNCs to set up base here, and the basic expectation is that these MNCs will provide jobs for the locals.
Now EM is cutting locals and boosting up KLTC strength to operate SG site.
I don't know. It doesn't look right and it spells bad for us locals.
whatever. I'm already out of EM and I think I've gained a couple years of lifespan back. :)
When an industry or company becomes a focal point of financial institutions’ and Governments’ for ESG, you know that the end is near …. If you are smart , cut loss and change runway… the longer you stay it only does more damage to your career especially for the younger folks. End of the day , this industry is liken to be an old folks’ home. Only older folks who don’t mind working for a job and not career will be staying behind. They will walk into the sunset together with the company. Perish into the near future with their remains as fossil ….
Sayonara…..Adios
Peers jumped out and easily match senior pay. Decade in the deep well, cheated, not appreciated, over commited and stuck. Left overs cleaning up the left overs on dirty tables, not in PDS. Full blast in jobs outsourcing to low cost countries, what?! Unmotivated and expired faces left, not a fulfilling career.
@4Dpnr+16zEvLP3
Completely agree about the cowardice leadership from SG management...just empty talk about good times possibly coming back but no action or tangibles.....yet demand real results from the workforce.
The only way to tell them to shove it is to find another job ...which I did this week!
No more PDS or ranking cr-p ...or listening to the fake bravery from EM management which makes me sick in the stomach.
SG EM is going to be a shell in the next 10 years....for those who still believe in EM....you need to migrate to India, Malaysia, or Thailand...
SG Folks, haven't you learnt anything since 2020....SG Mgt has shown their true colours....displaying nothing but cowardice and lying through their teeth....those DHs and above drawing $20K+ monthly feel minimal impact to salary or promotion freezes therefore they are just shoving more work down the line and putting up a brave front to hide their cowardice.
When times are good...it is easy to show bravado and confident words...but when times are sh--e...you see the true colours.
I really feel sorry for the lower level workforce (SLS and below)...getting tons of work without reprieve because of coward leadership yet not rewarded in any way. But well....you have a choice to leave, and if you cant....who else can you blame....
Show the world we are in this together! ROFL.
Shame.
This year mgmt were bitten sooo hard by these smart ones leaving, causing more work for us to tank, high priority monitoring for some functions, trying hard to tell Hous that we are overly stretched and heavily bleeding, but try to "act" as if it is a small wound.
Let's acknowledge an internal losing xombie war, best soldiers planned well and left for green, xombie virus outbreak started by the leaders spreading at crazy speed internally, remaining soldiers breaking down, majority no trust in the leaders, no pride serving the ugly flag, why?? Because selfish weak leaders trying hard to hide the rootcause of the outbreak, so leftovers can continue to offer as feedings to them. No more trust, no more wins.
and then your div manager will tell you that they will try to bring you back to the salary curve each year. You will not be on the curve but will be close to the curve in the next few incremental cycle.
Wonder what TMTS change will bring out for the company, just like value chain reorg, BMR, EMRE reorg.. change name, the real problem is lack of clear direction where and how business should continue to win in the market place, and self created barriers internally to get things done. With many big investment went sour, cash gen is poor, how do you know these TMTS HW3 work out, why such bad decision happen many times ? Such big strategic moves at wrong time wrong bet how such mini step change turn the company around to make future big decision right.. but one thing for sure it keep ppl and managers busy.. cutting those coffee machines snack does not help at all, it hurt on personal touch, promote negative energy, such decision by those so called managers have not been thought properly what is leadership. Bad system, culture and behavior collectively cause such bad situations today. On another front managers said we are reactive but hey ask yourself how much do you know about the area in detail you manage, do you need fishing lot of information before you make a comment just to say something..
4-5 years in a job role?
Tan ku ku lah!
I know for a fact that my manager became a DH, when he was 36/37 years old. But that was way back then, in better times.
But in today’s perspective:
If you count the requisite years on the job for new entries now, joining at 25 years old (22-23 for females), you’d probably get to be an SH by the time you reach 35 years, or later. And that is, only if you are constantly in Outstanding category, or better, in each PA.
Otherwise, forget it lah. You can tan ku ku.
From my standpoint as a new EM employee of less than 3 years, I have lost all my confidence in the company, it’s HR system and the global Covid19 situation had only made it worse.
Bought a BTO 2 years back, but it’s completion date has now been pushed back to 2024 (or later).
No salary increment for now, and at least for the next few years.
Our 3-month AWS looks like it’s going, going, gone.
Don’t expect to be promoted any time soon, as we were all told that we will remain in our job roles for at least 4-5 years from here on, to build up our competency levels.
Am faced with the possibility of NSI / PIP, after each year’s PA exercise - a very miserable, recurring feeling that we all need to deal with.
Car COE prices are shooting up the roof, and will likely need to take a larger loan, without deep pockets. Taking public transport everyday (once we are out of default-WFH) will just heighten the risk of infection.
Inflationary impact on food and consumables is rising fast globally and will hit Singapore especially hard, since we are import-dependent for almost everything we need.
Haiz!!!!
@4Daoh+16zEvLP3 You made me laugh so hard. Competent? Oh please.
No impact!
Many more have tendered their resignations as of the end of this week.
Management frantically reassigning bodies to backfill key positions - even resorting to internal transfers within the Division, just to remain operational.
Stretched thin.
But inevitably, the impact on overall competency level is taking its toll.
It’s all so bleak out there.
EM Corp just lost 3 board seats - ousted by its shareholders.
Is that considered a “layoff” from the top?
You guys that were laid off are clueless. That’s why you were asked to leave or resigned. Stop being jealous :)
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you got it wrong...bad karma will fall on those who is telling people to stay...people here are telling the brutal reality.
Also..the fact you come to this site means you know official comm is sh--e.
Looks like the laid offs are still here trying to trigger others to leave. Bad karma will come.
Once a colony, always a colony. Without colonial mindset to worship the ang mohs, how to do well here, especially during difficult times.
SG workforce is such a resilent bunch...delivering high performance despites getting whipped badly..admirable!
At the same breath...the remaining workforce is so pathetic and docile, settling for such work environment. Oh well..thats what years of generalist skillset gets you...LOL.
your team vs her team, not my team
@4Cetz+16zEvLP3 One team!
I can confirm attrition is not a problem. Business running as per normal, results continue to be delivered, my co-workers still taking night calls 5 times a week. Everyone is giving their best, despite impending AWS cut and salary freezes. GC is right - Singapore is standing in solidarity with the Dallas. Otherwise, we might lose all the jobs to cheaper, hungerier locations like Bangalore. No one wants that right?
You forget to add that we paid 35mil to LOSE.
Sounds like DW’s Midas touch in play again!
Actually yes, quick back of the envelope calculations would indicate that cutting 1.5 months of AWS would save the company around S$50M per annum, or about US$35M. Just nice to cover the costs of the proxy fight.
Priorities eh!