April 29, 2007

blogger dies, NZ company negligent?

Pink Mayflower (RIP) said:

If I quit now, I've got to pay back 1 mth's salary. Not worth it. If i quit after May, it won't be so bad. But I don't know if my health can tolerate til then. My mom's really worried & I can't do much to get less worried. Cos my focus was to earn lots of $. I really thought I was able to do everything, that I can be supergirl as well, but my health is worsening at a fast rate. Vitamin M(oney) isn't gonna cure my health. Just yesterday, I received an email from my job agency saying that a contract staff who's working in HP as well, passed away from heart attack, leaving his wife & kids... deja vu? coincidental? a warning sign?

Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "Was there a breach in standard of care by the NZ company resulting in the death of May Leong?"

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Submitted by Anonymous Coward on April 29//12:34pm and published by jseng :: 2698 reads | trackback (4)
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It's not an NZ company. It's HP in Singapore and she was Partner Mgr (contract staff) for partners in NZ which is 4 - 5 hrs ahead of S'pore. I believe that some employers in SG are exploiting their workers especially with the threat of cheaper FT around. I have heard of cases where work has been "outsourced" ; staff have moved to the outsourcer and working longer hours for less pay.