Compared with startups that are firing thousands of workers, Google remains a haven for current employees. But the company’s revenue has likely been hit as businesses slash ad spending to save money. The crisis has hammered the retail and travel sectors in particular, and these are major Google advertising customers. “The entire global economy is […]Continue reading

More than 140,000 employers will start to receive the first payouts under the Jobs Support Scheme (JSS) from Wednesday (Apr 15), said the Inland Authority of Singapore (IRAS) and the Ministry of Finance (MOF) in a press release. The payouts, totalling more than S$7 billion, will help to cover the wages of more than 1.9 million local employees in […]Continue reading

In this unprecedented time of Covid-19 crisis, employers are worried about their employees’ productivity. Questions like are my employees truly working at home or are they slacking off? are common among leaders. In fact, as many as 70 percent of organisations cited that their biggest concern for continuous remote working is a fall in productivity.  […]Continue reading

Layoffs are trickling down to all industries, as we can see the trend started in the hospitality and travel industry and now has moved to recruitment and banking services. According to a report by ILO, there will be more than 195 million job losses due to Covid-19 globally. Sharp layoffs have already been felt by […]Continue reading

Leaders must rethink their remote strategy fast, or we are heading for a global productivity dive and total economic ruin. 42 percent of remote workers surveyed felt they were “more productive” after working for a long period of uninterrupted time as they found having a continuous stream of virtual distractions on various apps deeply distracting. […]Continue reading