Category Archives: work

How to raise productivity

February 3, 2010 – 8:21 am

Overwork skilled labour and underpay them.
I mean, it’s a valid suggestion right? And seems to work in certain industries close to my heart…
Of course in the end you may not be left with many workers… just the Yes men.
But the people up there don’t care. Cos to them, we’re as disposable as $1 Watson’s undies.
What [...]

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Get a life and look at the view

January 25, 2010 – 12:17 pm

“A real life, not a manic pursuit of the next promotion, the bigger paycheck, the larger house. Do you think you’d care so very much about those things if you blew an aneurysm one afternoon, or found a lump in your breast? Get a life in which you notice the smell of salt water pushing [...]

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Mid-week and mild

January 13, 2010 – 8:53 am

The great thing about my job is its flexibility, despite its long hours. Because I have to work on either Saturday or Sunday, I have a weekday off of my choice. I usually take Wednesday and Sunday off, because I find it helps me break up the week. Two days off in a row and [...]

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Do we need more breaks?

October 17, 2009 – 9:23 pm

I’m doing some research at the moment and would appreciate it if you could help me out here.
You can drop me a mail at jeanette@jeanettewang.com if you don’t feel comfortable leaving your name, age and occupation for all to see!
Here are my questions:
1. According to my research, Singapore, with 11 public holidays, is below the [...]

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Resurfacing

October 7, 2009 – 10:30 pm

So I’ve finally come back up for air. It took about a month to get into the groove of new things, sort out my daily routine, find time to do something other than swim, bike, run, work, eat or sleep. Through this period of silence I’ve neglected not only this blog, but also other ex-weekly [...]

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