It can be hard to predict the likelihood of your employer giving you a long leave. Even when you are ready to forgo your pay. Advertisements
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A Word Of Advice: Dodgy Company, What Should I Do?
Hey Kally, I love that you have helped many readers with their career problems. Your bits of advice are usually no BS and straightforward helpful. As much as I always enjoy reading other people’s problem, I never thought I’ll need to ask you for help. But now I kinda have gotten me into a troublesome…
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Recent Acquisition Of Uber In Singapore Turns Smelly Like Milk Gone Bad
Even though I am not living in Singapore, I do follow Singapore news every now and then to stay in touch with the current affairs of my origin country. One headline grabs my attention to Grab’s recent acquisition of Uber in Singapore.
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Having A Chat With A Leasing Specialist
Its been sometime that we have done an interview here in MiddleMe, so I jumped at the opportunity to have a conversation with a leasing specialist, Anne Beaudry.
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Channel Incentives – All You Need to Know
You must have heard of the term sales channel incentive if you happen to run a business. You may have also provided your partners incentives under the same program. Have you ever thought how you can use these sales channel incentives the most effective way? What needs to be done to build your sales incentive…
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A Word Of Advice: A Line Between Infidelity At Work
Hello Ms Kally, I have a rather unique problem here. I know you don’t usually give advice on relationships and love. But my problem is much bigger than that and it involved a male colleague at my workplace. I have.. what the popular term called ‘a work spouse’. He works very closely with me at…
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Bankruptcy For Debt: Is It Really An Option For You?
Most entrepreneurs envision themselves in a successful state in their lives within a few years of establishing their business. However, we all know there is no certainty in that knowing the fact some businesses file for bankruptcy even after half a century of successfully delivering goods and services. Perhaps the greatest hurdle in this is…
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Business Bankruptcy and How To Know When It’s Right For Your Situation
When a businessperson decides to venture into the world of the business industry, he or she only has one main goal for this—it is for the business to succeed. The business owner will not wish for anything less than to continually gain profits, expand the business’ influence outside the country of origin towards countries abroad,…
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Guest Post: Bullying in the Workplace
When I published the piece on workplace abuse, I did not expect so much sharing in the comments. One of the shares is by a talented author, Arwen and I have invited her to share her experiences in detail which she graciously and generously did so and here is her story. I have a longstanding…
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The Misconception Of Being An Expatriate
Yes, we are considered as an expatriate family. Just because we relocated to a different country for work, with relocation compensation, we are labelled as expatriates.
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Why You Should Not Ignore Exercise (Even When You Are Overwhelm With Work)
At times life happens and you may get a little sidetracked. Family obligations come up, you get held up doing overtime at your workplace or sickness kicks in. in particular overtime at your workplace, some days get a little extreme and these crazy days could stretch for weeks and even months.
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Are You Getting Too Attached To Your Company?
The thought of you ever leaving your company sends shudders through your spine. You rather spend your time at work than at home with your cats. As much as I applaud the fact that you love your job and your company, it is not healthy to have a fixation on your workplace. I know because…
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Where Have All The Smiles Gone?
As you know I’ve been flying in and out of Kuala Lumpur to Singapore, I’m one of the fortunate ones who get to benefit from the new Changi Airport Terminal 4 to the extent of more than once a month.
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Whisper: I Secretly Hate My Job
I am a 35 years old guy who specialized in civil lawsuits. I am very successful at what I do and I have been doing it for most of my life. So much so I am able to put four of my kids through private school, my wife hasn’t worked for the past ten years…
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Swallowing Criticism With Pride
It is not easy to graciously accept constructive criticism. Many people struggle with receiving feedback even it’s completely accurate. For some as soon as the words critique are mentioned, their minds begin to race searching for an explanation for the seeming assault on their person. And they look for an angry reply to rationalize their…
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10 Ways To Destroy Your Reputation At Work
When you are not careful in protecting your image, you will find yourself having to do damage control to protect your career life. Everyone has a reputation that goes with you in all places you got to.
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Curb The Gender Differences For Our Next Generation
Many of us voice out that female employees are often paid lesser, offer lesser promotions than our male counterparts. We fight and voice out on gender inequality in the workforce. In Ted talks, in social media, in the news but what I feel that we should start off with is gender education for our young…
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Should You Send A Thank You Note After Your Interview?
You just had a difficult interview for a dream position in your dream company. You walked out the door while taking in a breath of fresh air then it hit you, should you send a thank you note after your interview?
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Guest Post: How to stay afloat as an old person in a tech world?
As you know I am always on the hunt for a good read and when it is career related, nothing perks me up more than a well-written piece like the one I am about to share with you. Addison or known to the blogosphere as A Better Man, is a fellow Singaporean that I get…
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Fear of Failure
Nobody is as afraid of being labelled as a failure as I am. I hate to fail, in all aspects of my life.
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