STOMPer Jinglebells took up a part-time job for an event at
Kudeta restaurant, but was suddenly dismissed along with other
part-timers after being 'lured' to the carpark on the pretext of
collecting ice.
The STOMPer elaborates:
"Kudeta restaurant on the 57th storey of MBS hired 300 part-timers
for a function for $12 an hour from 6pm-2am.
"But on the day itself, there were many more part-timers who
registered on the spot.
"After we were assigned our jobs and started our shift, the
restaurant management then called groups to go down to Basement 1
of MBS to help collect some ice.
"We waited in the hot and stuffy carpark for almost an hour before
more batches of people joined us.
"They were told that they were assigned a different job and were
"lured" to the carpark just like us. We were then sacked with a
paid salary of 4 hours. They cited reasons like “overwhelming
response”.
"We were not given a choice and were asked to leave MBS. However,
friends of permanent staff were told to stay.
"At 11pm, more part-timers were dismissed for the same
reason.
"How can we have such employers in Singapore? Shouldn’t there be a
quota for the number of employees? Kudeta hires part-timers
regularly and I would urge Singaporeans to think twice before
working there.
"Not only did they lie, but wasted our time to make a trip down to
MBS."
http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/stomp/sgseen/this_urban_jungle/902566/mbs_restaurant_sacks_parttimers_without_warning.html
