Oh man, I wished I have been interviewed. So much tea to spill. Working in a startup, and the boss is just making us work to increase valuation for his company so he will be rich. The second in command is known to be a penny-pincher. He will find excuses to fire people he thinks are not performing, or ask other colleagues to make sure they trip up so he can fire them. The management tolerates toxic behavior by the senior staff and makes a charade out of all of it to me, regarding a situation I spoke up to them about. Keep telling me to give them time to change, but its been months, and I have already adapted to the new standards set up by the new management since our company was acquired in the first month, and it was no joke. Twice the workload, to be done half the time, with absolutely no room for error. It was so stressful but I managed it for the first month, being assured by my direct boss that things will change after the first month. But second month, things didn't change. The senior staff made so many excuses. I spoke to my bosses again. They noted by concerns and suggested solutions. Third month. Things didn't change and new problems emerged from the senior staff. Same shitshow every month, every month, every daily meeting I'm told to "give them time". If I'm not chasing them (just because I want to see if this time they will take the intitiative to respond, not because I am not thinking of being proactive and moving things forward), my boss tells me "I am not being proactive" enough. Senior staff is really some professional hot air...management so good at playing charades but I can see through their bullshit. So yeah the effect power dynamics have in a "flat hierarchy" startup is really really disempowering for workers at the end of the food chain
😂 As an HR, I can only say speaking to us most likely won't help to change the situation in most cases. And it's exactly because we are working under the same management/bosses which makes it hard for us to bring about any changes to the company🤣
It highly depends on the culture. In my previous company quite a big company, HR just basically tells you the SOP and nothing much. In my current company (SME) our HR basically helped most of us and made many changes that helps.
Yes, I do agree HR working in SMEs like myself is able to help and made changes but only to a limited extend. But we also hope that other employees don't view us in a bad light, most of the time we are pretty much helpless in making changes as well. End of the day, it really depends on the culture and how the management works.
If the HRs want to keep their job and play safe, they wouldn't take the side of employees. Or they might just pretend to. It's pretty obvious to employees
As a HR, i think it is very important how much power and authority your HR Manager has in the company and whether he/she is being backed by someone in the upper management. I have worked in a company where i had a very pro-employee Manager and also had a good director to back her up so by and large we were able to stop certain toxic policies or actions from taking place. But i do understand many places are not like this sadly.
I resonate so much to the story Li Ying shared, but without even a support system from my colleagues. 🥺...I work in an environment which requires me to do stuffs outside what I learned in my uni, and instead of giving me bit of credit for trying so hard to adjust and spending extra time to learn, I just get scolded by my boss and bullied by my colleagues. I just stick around thinking maybe things would improve sometime and I cannot quit job just like that...
Not really, it depends on one's limits e.g. if it starts to affect your health. Don't wait till things get to that.... There are many jobs out there with a better culture and inclusive/coaching environment, don't count on unappreciative people to realise what they're doing and finally change as things and workload may turn for the worse. Have had excolleagues leaving their company and telling me they're in a workplace with better environment and that they're happier now
i totally feel you. especially on the part where we really want to learn about smth and bc of that, we tend to be seen as irritating just cuz we ask questions.. hais
I have my own personal experience of a toxic workplace - Just 9 months ago, i joined a F&B company that caters bars and western cuisine. A group of chef is always gossiping and through the foodpass. My name is always being said and called. They have like a thousands random things to say... to degrade one's reputation and diginity. They may be jealous of me. Because, im usually standing at my cool and talking to other waiters and waitresses with no issue. But, then again... why the gossip. I have no idea, and idk what's their problem with me. it's almost like their obsessed with me lol
Great topic!! Kudos to Zula for not just making yet another video about workplace sexual harassment. Emotional abuse occurs much more frequently at work. SG is really backward in this area. Please do more videos and also interview some experts from overseas via zoom!
Hyper-defensive is true and such a damn annoying culture.. noone wants to take responsibility for even the simplest matter. The more responsible person ends up with more work.
LOL, this topic just described the everyday life in National Service (NS), esp the offday gets me... needa explain and convince superiors just to get 1/2 day off.
My company has a lot of older age people. And they will be like wth why are the youngsters going home so early nowadays and start to ostracised us and badmouthing us behind our back. And now most of us just stay and hang out with the oldies to pacify them
Gonna be blunt here. Promotion is only based on race. No matter how long you work in the company or how much experiences you got, the higher ups only cares for those staffs of their own race or their own citizenship. So much for being born a Singaporean.
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Need more of Fikah she is so true to herself and so good!
Oh man, I wished I have been interviewed. So much tea to spill. Working in a startup, and the boss is just making us work to increase valuation for his company so he will be rich. The second in command is known to be a penny-pincher. He will find excuses to fire people he thinks are not performing, or ask other colleagues to make sure they trip up so he can fire them.
The management tolerates toxic behavior by the senior staff and makes a charade out of all of it to me, regarding a situation I spoke up to them about. Keep telling me to give them time to change, but its been months, and I have already adapted to the new standards set up by the new management since our company was acquired in the first month, and it was no joke. Twice the workload, to be done half the time, with absolutely no room for error.
It was so stressful but I managed it for the first month, being assured by my direct boss that things will change after the first month. But second month, things didn't change. The senior staff made so many excuses. I spoke to my bosses again. They noted by concerns and suggested solutions. Third month. Things didn't change and new problems emerged from the senior staff.
Same shitshow every month, every month, every daily meeting I'm told to "give them time". If I'm not chasing them (just because I want to see if this time they will take the intitiative to respond, not because I am not thinking of being proactive and moving things forward), my boss tells me "I am not being proactive" enough.
Senior staff is really some professional hot air...management so good at playing charades but I can see through their bullshit. So yeah the effect power dynamics have in a "flat hierarchy" startup is really really disempowering for workers at the end of the food chain
😂 As an HR, I can only say speaking to us most likely won't help to change the situation in most cases. And it's exactly because we are working under the same management/bosses which makes it hard for us to bring about any changes to the company🤣
It highly depends on the culture. In my previous company quite a big company, HR just basically tells you the SOP and nothing much. In my current company (SME) our HR basically helped most of us and made many changes that helps.
Yes, I do agree HR working in SMEs like myself is able to help and made changes but only to a limited extend. But we also hope that other employees don't view us in a bad light, most of the time we are pretty much helpless in making changes as well. End of the day, it really depends on the culture and how the management works.
If the HRs want to keep their job and play safe, they wouldn't take the side of employees. Or they might just pretend to. It's pretty obvious to employees
@@sarah.ashley. Same i work as hr and realise in non-governmental agencies, we are just administrator and enforcer. We dont change policies etc.
As a HR, i think it is very important how much power and authority your HR Manager has in the company and whether he/she is being backed by someone in the upper management. I have worked in a company where i had a very pro-employee Manager and also had a good director to back her up so by and large we were able to stop certain toxic policies or actions from taking place. But i do understand many places are not like this sadly.
Especially SME/Startups.
For public sector,even management have to follow the policies.
so cute how the cast always has their drinks in front of them
its sponsored u pepeg... not an accident KEKL
I resonate so much to the story Li Ying shared, but without even a support system from my colleagues. 🥺...I work in an environment which requires me to do stuffs outside what I learned in my uni, and instead of giving me bit of credit for trying so hard to adjust and spending extra time to learn, I just get scolded by my boss and bullied by my colleagues. I just stick around thinking maybe things would improve sometime and I cannot quit job just like that...
Not really, it depends on one's limits e.g. if it starts to affect your health. Don't wait till things get to that.... There are many jobs out there with a better culture and inclusive/coaching environment, don't count on unappreciative people to realise what they're doing and finally change as things and workload may turn for the worse.
Have had excolleagues leaving their company and telling me they're in a workplace with better environment and that they're happier now
i totally feel you. especially on the part where we really want to learn about smth and bc of that, we tend to be seen as irritating just cuz we ask questions.. hais
really love fikah and how she shares her stories.. so funny 😂😂
I have my own personal experience of a toxic workplace - Just 9 months ago, i joined a F&B company that caters bars and western cuisine. A group of chef is always gossiping and through the foodpass. My name is always being said and called. They have like a thousands random things to say... to degrade one's reputation and diginity.
They may be jealous of me. Because, im usually standing at my cool and talking to other waiters and waitresses with no issue. But, then again... why the gossip. I have no idea, and idk what's their problem with me.
it's almost like their obsessed with me lol
Great topic!! Kudos to Zula for not just making yet another video about workplace sexual harassment. Emotional abuse occurs much more frequently at work. SG is really backward in this area. Please do more videos and also interview some experts from overseas via zoom!
i am living for fikah!!!!!!!!!!!
Hyper-defensive is true and such a damn annoying culture.. noone wants to take responsibility for even the simplest matter. The more responsible person ends up with more work.
as a part timer, can definitely relate to fikah’s story 😓
we all need a fikah. She's so real!
LEOOOOOOOOO ✨🙆🏻♀️
LOL, this topic just described the everyday life in National Service (NS), esp the offday gets me... needa explain and convince superiors just to get 1/2 day off.
My company has a lot of older age people. And they will be like wth why are the youngsters going home so early nowadays and start to ostracised us and badmouthing us behind our back. And now most of us just stay and hang out with the oldies to pacify them
Gonna be blunt here.
Promotion is only based on race. No matter how long you work in the company or how much experiences you got, the higher ups only cares for those staffs of their own race or their own citizenship. So much for being born a Singaporean.
My name's the opposite of Li Ying XD I'm Yi Ling lol