UOB the worst employer of Choice
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Hi all,
I have been working with UOB for the last three months. They didn't confirm my probation saying that my family commitments are too high to meet their requirement.!! I used to work very late most of the day and on weekends too. Is it political not confirming the probation? In singapore the governement and employers are promoting the work life balance. Here we are working so hard, still not confirming the probation based on the fact that I have child. Does any one had similar experience?
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speak to ur MP
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Huh. Base on this u judge as worst employer ?
I dont see the connection with politics ? Care to explain further ?
Did u mention you have kids when interviewed ? There are many people working in UOB with families. Why were you singled out ?
As you have stated, you have a child. And that you had to work late. May it not benefit you better if you can find another job with more time to spend with your kid ? Esp since you bring work balance up as an issue ?
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meaning they need you to work late almost every day and not most days?
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Time to move on.
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Originally posted by JNU:
Hi all,
I have been working with UOB for the last three months. They didn't confirm my probation saying that my family commitments are too high to meet their requirement.!! I used to work very late most of the day and on weekends too. Is it political not confirming the probation? In singapore the governement and employers are promoting the work life balance. Here we are working so hard, still not confirming the probation based on the fact that I have child. Does any one had similar experience?
find immediate superior or HR dept.
how's ur work performance? u kena office politics? diss anyone at work? arguements? -
like tat i also must complain about my company liao...
too much work and too much OT...
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the grass is always greener on the other field
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As long as they didn't chain you to your desk or whip you, you can't say they are a bad employer.
Really.
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All the government's policies are in form only not in substance.
Looks nice on paper, but not practised in reality.
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Originally posted by maurizio13:
All the government's policies are in form only not in substance.
Looks nice on paper, but not practised in reality.
UOB.
Government.
Am I missing something here?
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TS, find a job and leave UOB. All those friends and relatives of mine could not stand this bank, all left UOB.
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what are ur family commitments?
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Originally posted by Fantagf:
TS, find a job and leave UOB. All those friends and relatives of mine could not stand this bank, all left UOB.
wa tat bad huh... still got 1 fren there... work till siao... -
Originally posted by Ferret:
Huh. Base on this u judge as worst employer ?
I dont see the connection with politics ? Care to explain further ?
Did u mention you have kids when interviewed ? There are many people working in UOB with families. Why were you singled out ?
As you have stated, you have a child. And that you had to work late. May it not benefit you better if you can find another job with more time to spend with your kid ? Esp since you bring work balance up as an issue ?
i think she meant office politics......
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Hi all
yes i meant office politics..sorry being unclear. My child is very young. I got an offer from dbs and uob at the same time. And i took uob hoping to have more work life balance. But it is worse. My performance was ok. they didnt complain about that. I asked for leave when my kid was sick and they are not happy about that. I know it is only two of my seniors behind this decision not confirming my probation. One fine morning i am jobless!!!!!!!!!!! they didnt gave notice period instead paid me as if i did some crime!!! i cannot belive myself that these kind of unfairness happens in singapore!!
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Originally posted by JNU:
Hi all
yes i meant office politics..sorry being unclear. My child is very young. I got an offer from dbs and uob at the same time. And i took uob hoping to have more work life balance. But it is worse. My performance was ok. they didnt complain about that. I asked for leave when my kid was sick and they are not happy about that. I know it is only two of my seniors behind this decision not confirming my probation. One fine morning i am jobless!!!!!!!!!!! they didnt gave notice period instead paid me as if i did some crime!!! i cannot belive myself that these kind of unfairness happens in singapore!!
that was what i was thinking... that u took leave for your kid and thats why u got axed...
why dont u look at it this way, that now it gib u a better opportunity to look for another more suitable job ?
try calling up dbs to see if the opening is still there.. if not, there are always plenty job opportunities around.
as for notice period, etc, that shld be clearly stated in ur contract, even if u r under probation.
and it isnt unfair. A company hires you base on their needs. Not yours.
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yea i am looking for another job..but people find my resume very jumpy. they are asking the reasons for leaving for UOB..thank you all for your replies. I am really upset being jobless and trying hard to get one now..
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yeah but thats not the way to take it out...
with a topic title like that... there may be legal means to get back at you shld u fail to substantiate ur statement...
so be careful..
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hi
so should i delete this topic?
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in my opinion, UOB is the second worst bank for welfare (after - ahem...D-bank....). When I was an intern at the bank, my colleagues were telling me, look at the banks located in the proximity, ABN, Standchart, etc, their workers knock off at 5+ from wednesdays onwards, they knock off at 6+ on Mondays and Tuesdays only. For UOB, they start work at 8+ and knock off at 6+ everyday. I also heard, the pay is also one of the lowest. So, don't work in local banks, got chance f**k off to a foreign bank.
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Originally posted by JNU:
hi
so should i delete this topic?
UOB could mean anything.
Don't worry.
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Well actually my company isn't as good as what pple think too . I work for a well known transport company and despite me always trying to clear as many fault as possible sometime even working ot for hours without even claiming it , they still spread rumour say i never do anything at all and that i don't know how to clear any fault at all . Now they trransfer me to another section which my manager condem them and my colleague always trying to taunt me n insult me cause they are the pioneer batch and not only my supervisor pamper them but even my manager also trust them fully . Favourism is very rampant in my company n there was ever once where 6 employees some of them pioneer batch too resign at one shot to the other famous transport company whom is offering at least $300 increment to those with relevent experience from our company . Reason is because some of the newer batch got promoted very much fasater then them and has lesser qualifications and one of them has a wife as a executive in another dept .
And as for my side , once one of the pioneer batch pple ask his new tech to fetch him from somewhere near bugis in the peak hour of the morning n the tech recieved a summon cos the company cashcard don't have enough money inside . When he bring it up to the supervisor , not only the supervisor din discipline the pioneer batch technical officer but instead offer to pay for the fine on his behalf . Being very disgusted at the rampant favourism , he resigned . When i was telling one of the senior tech abt this , he even dare to reply that the technical officer did nothing wrong n that new pple are supposed to do that and it was his own fault for failing to check for enough money inside the cashcard .
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wat do u work as at uob?
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Big bad recession coming.
Companies are starting to cut back on expenses.