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Another Tech Startup Fails: How AAQUA Did Its Singapore Employees Dirty

Jobs & Economy

Another Tech Startup Fails: How AAQUA Did Its Singapore Employees Dirty

This is the story of AAQUA who promised its employees the world. Salaries that can’t be beat, generous employment benefits, and a chance to ‘do good’. But a tech startup built on a foundation of distrust and overpromises, and a CEO that is less than forthcoming, is bound to fail. And fail it did.

by Nicole Lam September 28, 2022

Bad Manager or Bad Employee? A Contentious Dive Into Quiet Firing in Singapore

Jobs & Economy

Bad Manager or Bad Employee? A Contentious Dive Into Quiet Firing in Singapore

Quiet firing might be more efficient for managers to handle difficult employees, but with less agency, employees bear the brunt of this insidious workplace tactic. Still, it’s not that clear-cut. Sometimes, as one interviewee for this story explains, some employees deserve to be quiet fired.

by Zawani Abdul Ghani September 27, 2022

Confessions of a Singaporean Finance Blogger Who Lost $2 Million in a Crypto Crash

Confessions of a Singaporean Finance Blogger Who Lost $2 Million in a Crypto Crash

How a search for better cashback rewards turned into a disastrous search for wealth in the high-risk world of crypto.

by Hazel Tang September 16, 2022

Singapore Employees Have The Poorest Mental Health Across SEA. This Study Proves It.

Jobs & Economy

Singapore Employees Have The Poorest Mental Health Across SEA. This Study Proves It.

We might recognise hustle culture, call it out, but do we know how to soften and combat hustle culture's long shadow? This survey says not quite.

by Nicole Lam September 13, 2022

Why Sex Workers in Asia Are Turning to Crypto

Why Sex Workers in Asia Are Turning to Crypto

Increasingly, traditional payment processors have banned sex workers from their platforms. Cryptocurrencies may hold the key to their financial independence.

by Edoardo Liotta September 12, 2022

Meet Ryhan, the Singaporean Who Fell Out of Love and Became a Tea Farmer in Japan

Meet Ryhan, the Singaporean Who Fell Out of Love and Became a Tea Farmer in Japan

What does one do when one gets their heart broken? Move to Japan and become a tea farmer, of course.

by Nicole Lam September 6, 2022

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