#242 - Straw poll reveals SGeans “not confident” of their skills & Better.com CEO faces backlash for firing workers over Zoom

At a panel discussion on future skills featuring an appearance by Minister Chan Chun Sing, a straw poll showed that a majority of the attendees were only “slightly confident” that their skills would be relevant in a few years' time, while 19% expressed that they were “not confident”. How should we interpret this data point about the SG workforce? Elsewhere, the CEO of Better.com, Vishal Garg, has apologised for how he handled the layoffs of 900 employees at his company, which was done over a Zoom call. We discuss whether there really is a way to better execute layoffs.

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Straw poll reveals SGeans “not confident” of their skills

• Straw poll finds S'poreans not confident of their skills; business leaders say it's a good sign
• SSG | Skills Demand For The Future Economy
• SkillsFuture report pinpoints skills Singaporeans urgently need in the next 3 years

Better.com CEO faces backlash for firing workers over Zoom

• 900 Better.com employees learn their jobs are being eliminated in a Zoom call
• Better.com Zoom firing: Employees share what it was like - CNN
• Better.com execs resign after controversial mass zoom layoff
• Better.com C.E.O. Apologizes for Firing Workers Over Zoom - The New York Times
• What it feels like to be laid off on Zoom during this crisis
• 5 Things the Better.com CEO Did Wrong When He Fired 900 People--Over Zoom

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