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It reminded me of a Phil Collins song titled "Separate Lives". The lyrics had
"So you build that wall
You build that wall
Yes you build that wall
Oh yes, you build that wall
And you make it stronger
You have no right to ask me how I feel
But for now,
We'll go on living separate lives"
You build that wall
Yes you build that wall
Oh yes, you build that wall
And you make it stronger
You have no right to ask me how I feel
But for now,
We'll go on living separate lives"
In public sector, many of these old people get same treatment with the same grade and same salary and they can afford to work until 62.
Some of my friends even ask if these 'old' people are worth their money.
No wonder some of them can be so ya-ya and act like king and queen and boss around people!
In private sector, when you are in your 40s, your value will detrioriate with age. You can be a burden to the management and they will try to force you to resign by giving you another job duties which you might not cope well. One good example is the air stewardess job.
For example, When I was young, I had this hobby of collecting first day covers of stamps. That was in the 1990s when XYZ Post Office was not corporatized yet. At that time, I remember this auntie whom I affectionately know as Fatimah.
Whenever she saw me in the queue, she more or less knows that I was there to buy first day covers. I still remember that I was a secondary school student and Jurong Point had just opened in 1994. XYZ Post Office was located at Basement 1.
Present day 2012, The XYZ Post of today is now no longer the same as before.
Since the Post Office was privatised, they employ quite a lot of China people as their front line service staff. They also made their post office into a little whore house selling financial products, loans and shopping products.
When I saw Fatimah that day, I could see that she was despondent. She was downgraded from being a Branch Supervisor to a Financial Consultant, peddling everything. She told me that once she hit her 50s, she was deemed 'top heavy' by the greedy shareholders and pushed her into sales peddling loans and financial instruments.
When I didn't see her in 2013, her colleague told me that she was asked to resign for failing to hit the quota.
When we hear stories like that, we feel a sense of indignation and unjust.
Fatimah was a loyal worker and when she was repaid with this kind of unfair treatment from her own company.
The public sector should give Fatimah a job rather than hoping that she can work until 62 years old. In private sector, it is very difficult to work until 62 years old.
CJ
TRS Contributor