It says a lot about Indonesia today that when an employee of mine recently quit his job to apply for asylum in Canada on grounds that he’s gay and feels discriminated against in Indonesia, they not only put him on the Protected Person’s list as they usually do to asylum seekers – they classified him […]
Category Archives: work
A Malaysian newbie in Jakarta
What would you make of Indonesian working life and the people in general if you’re a Malaysian, newly graduated and looking for some work experience? Andrew Seow took the plunge and tried his hand in public relations at Maverick and this is this story: Time passes when you are having fun. So after what […]
On why a blanket ban on after work email may be folly
Stories like the one below began creeping up at social media posts a few days ago. It seemed like a stunning piece of news, this banning of after work e-mails. But it seemed plausible. It was the French, after all, that was supposed to be putting the ban in place and we know that the […]
What to do with the broke but hip Milliennials?
The article below, posted in Facebook by a former employee, has me wondering how many of the people we employ are in this predicament. The need to be stylish, to be trendy, to embrace the forms of success while the pockets and stomachs go empty must be a great pressure on the Millennials. I hire […]
