But from MNC's POV, it makes perfect sense to hire someone who
can perform, who can accept lower pay, and most of all, already has
experience of living abroad and showing no qualms about uprooting
as is common with many MNC posts.
Speaking at the close of the MOM’s
Committee of Supply debate yesterday, Mr Tan said: “We do not
require global firms to give preferential treatment to locals, but
they must be fair to Singaporeans. There must be equal
opportunities for our people whether at hiring or in
advancement.”
Seriously I think MOM is barking up the wrong tree then.
I still think most of us locals are just really lacking in
competitiveness against many FTs.
Seriously.
It might not be the locals' fault, but its the locals' lot
anyway to try and fight this scourge.
I will have to agree that many locals are just whiners who can't
take a bit of competition (you know I have been teaching for four
years).
But the point here is what happens when you put one local and
one foreign guy together, all objective factors constant (eg.
qualifications, experience), and subjective factors like the drive
to succeed constant as well.
There will be cases where given such a scenario, the
foreign-born hiring manager chooses the foreign talent out of
nothing more than looking out for his countrymen, ceteris
paribus.
And unfortunately, some employers do think of it as 'Must
pay CPF for Singaporeans and must release them for ICT/RT/IPPT,
while there's no CPF and reservist liabilities for
foreigners'. In which case, from the viewpoint of $$$$, it
would make more sense for the employer to hire foreigners.... which
is precisely the kind of thing that needs to be opposed.
