More FYIs.
Basically, from ex colleagues, some people have contract, some
don’t, and some have 1 year while others have 3 years.
As for work permit applications, since foreigners will need a
minimum basic salary for that to happen, what the coy will do is to
print 1800 on the paycheck, deposit that money into the employee’s
acct, then tell the employee to return them the amount that is over
what they are supposed to get, which is like 800. Is this common
practice though?
The problem is that most of the workers there are foreigners, in
fact, I’m one of the only two non managerial Singaporean there.
They don’t dare to do anything for fear that their work permits
will be revoked and their names blacklisted. This is probably how
the coy can overwork them and underpay them. Moreover, they use
scare tactics to retain employees, and when said employees have
taken enough crap (and these are reeeally good people, ie. Hard
workers who go beyond their call of duty to train newbies without
extra money, lots of customers who want just them because they’re
just so good) they quit because the coy doesn’t know how to retain,
and doesn’t bother to retain good staff. Its only when they retire
to greener pastures with better pay that the coy will ask existing
colleagues about old staff to see if they want to come back.
They keep having employer/employee meetings about how to retain
staff but when we mention commission and pay issues, they said that
oh, we are different from other coy, doesnt mean that if other coy
give this much pay, we must follow suit. And if the salespeople can
sell more, there will be more incentive thus more pay for all
staff. The manager actually tells us that all of us are not
indispensible, even if we are not there, they can still operate
well.
Do you still contact those foreigner workers? If yes, lady luck is
on your side. 
