‘Email A Counsellor’ Archives
Housewife apprehensive about entering the workforce after a decade staying at home
Hi Gilbert, Found your website while surfing. I’m a 39 years old homemaker, and my life revolves around my 2 kids in Primary 5 and Primary 2. I left my job 10 years ago when my mother-in-law couldn’t take care of my first-born [...]
Lady PMET with mental illness trying to press on at work despite office bullying
Hi Gilbert, How are you doing? Have life been good? I started my work with dramatic entrance, with ISO audit coming just only a few days ago. For the first week, I have been staying late until 10pm and working over week ends to [...]
IT specialist breadwinner earned more than $10,000/month now jobless and feeling lost
Since returning from Sydney, I have been meeting up with jobless readers at my office but none impresses me so much as Bruce, a 40-something sole breadwinner who spoke articulately and is full of confidence in his skills and work [...]
Mr Wei Chan – a F & B entrepreneur agrees with the foreign labour influx – why?
In this online interview article, we featured Mr Wei Chan - a successful F & B entrepreneur, who responded to our questionaire regarding the thorny issue of the foreign influx situation in Singapore. Transitioning: Can you please first [...]
Lynn Chen shared her thoughts on sexuality and other taboo issues
Lynn Chen, a 32-year-old social entrepreneur, is here again to share her views on sexuality and her own recent unwed pregnancy. Marriage is on the cards though and we wish the couple all the best ahead. Lynn also maintains a blog at [...]
Lady PMET felt unjustified with wrongful dismissal and have nowhere to turn to for assistance
Dear Mr Goh, I am writing to you to seek some advice on a wrongful dismissal. I was employed by a MNC in Feb 2011 as a Country Manager, with the full responsibility of opening up their local office in Singapore, as well as managing their [...]
Indian foreign talent unable to get PR for her husband and seeking advice
Can we trust the Prime Minister as many Singaporeans feel that their jobs are being taken away instead. Hi Gilbert I am Singaporean female PR (Indian nationality) and have been in Singapore since 2008. I got married last year in Nov 2011 [...]
Jobless male PMET complaints about discrimination against males in the workforce
I am not a marriage expert but generally, I have observed that for good long-lasting marriages, both the husband and wife must be have equal footing in a society, at home and at work. I sometimes take taxis and perhaps you can chat with why some [...]
22-year-old becomes security guard and feeling apprehensive about his future
Hi Sir I came across your website and after reading alot of articles there, I feel that it relates to the problems I am currently facing right now. Let me introduce myself. My name is Marcus and I am 22 this year. I'm going to [...]
Generation Y lady PMET agrees with the current foreign talent influx – why?
We have sent out this questionaire regarding the effect of foreign influx on the population to several Singaporeans. Lynn has graciously responded to the questionaire and we published her reply below. Transitioning: Can you please [...]
Dismissed 49-year-old equities trader don’t want to end up as a cabbie
Hi Gilbert, I was retrenched back in Oct 2011 and have not being able to find a salaried job. since. I was an equities trader with a Japanese investment firm for four years and was asked to leave after they replaced my Japanese boss [...]
Local senior manager terminated by foreign talents and promoting anti-work place bullying movement
Gilbert, The latest posting captioned Female PMET unhappy with imminent job termination struck a deep chord in me. I truly empathized with the writer as I was placed in a worse situation than her. Let me elaborate further. More [...]
Female PMET unhappy with imminent job termination
Dear Gilbert Firstly, thank you for your time and patience to go through this email. I have work in this local company for slightly more than a year. Although there was no formal appraisal established so far but I have received [...]
23-year-old Burmese permanent resident offended by comment made by Singaporean and threatening retaliation
Dear Gilbert, For your information, I have chosen to no longer reply to the idiotic comments on your website. This is not because of your advice or because I am giving up. It is because my girl friend is worried about me if I take [...]
Generation Y jobless female PMET sees no future here and wants to emigrate
Transitioning continues our online interview series with well educated young Singaporeans who want to emigrate out of this country in search of greener pastures and a better work life balance abroad. In this interview, we featured Nicole - [...]
