A man shared a story disgruntling people who have the title of manager as he felt that the manager only sends an email and has no actual skills. No wonder he is still not a manager, his mindset is so wrong.

Here is the story:

Why do jobs with the “Manager” in the title warrant such high pay? Associate Manager, BD Manager, Product Manger, Project Manager etc.

Correct me if I am wrong, but these people (often) don’t have domain expertise (ie hard skills) and rely on their soft skills which arguably is so easy. ie just write reports (as long as the general proposal/direction makes sense), reply emails, user outreach, “manage” technical people (which may include designers, artists, writers, producers, engineers, on the ground staff doing manual work etc).

In this case, I am not referring to managers who are domain experts like Art Directors, Engineering Managers etc. The thing is – let these non-creative and non-technical managers switch jobs with technical people. The staff with hard skills will definitely be able to ace the hardest tasks of the manager with ease, while most managers can’t even do the easiest day to day job of the technical staff. Something as simple as design a logo, or maybe write a script to automate stuff; let’s see how long a manager – who often earns significantly higher or at least on par with the technical staff – takes to do such a task. You can say managing people is an “extremely difficult” soft skill. I beg to differ.

Soft skills are simply a byproduct of assimilation into your environment and require no special effort to hone. How many people who pride themselves on their “soft skills” have picked up a book, or gone to a class to learn it? Place someone with little soft skills in a social environment, and they will be able to pick it up automatically. Place someone who has no hard skills in a creative, technical environment, and most likely they will be able to produce results.

For those managers who actively try to learn about their domain by reading up on books and taking courses, fair enough. Or managers who actively go above and beyond to improve company culture, processes and the overall team dynamics, then sure, the manager probably deserves the high pay.

But for managers who sit on their high horse and think that the title and pay make them better than their technical staff, think again. The technical staff can replace you with a click of their fingers, it’s just that they choose not to. To people working in creative and technical industries, know your worth!

Following the URA’s statement and revelation that Safe Distancing ambassadors are allowed to enter people’s homes without a warrant, to check if they are complying with Covid-19 rules, a netizen posted a tongue in cheek comment on the news.

He questioned their need to enter people’s homes by asking: “Sia lah what they want us to do? Paste X on my sofa?”

You know, he does have a point though (lol).

Images source: Whatsapp and Reddit

A netizen, Benny Wee, shared how a member of his household was told on 22 July that he had to be sent to a hotel for quarantine as he had visited a food centre with confirmed cases.

Days passed and no one came to pick him up, he also waited for a call that never came.

Here is the story:

“MOH doesn’t fail to amaze

Someone in my household was called up on the 22nd July that he was required to be sent to hotel for quarantine as he has visited the food center where the confirmed cases were.

He was told to wait for call for someone to pick him up, but day past day it didn’t happen. After calling them back a few times to check on the status but was given the same answer a day or two to come but obviously nobody came.

Blunder continues….

After the 6th day we just predicted it was a home quarantine but nothing was conveyed to us either. Despite MOH knew that the Person under quarantine (PUQ) is sharing common toilet with other members in the house.

Drama continues….

Someone came on the 9th day to do the PCR swab test before the end of quarantine the next day. However waited for another 4 days but no news for the test results or received any SMS for rescindment of quarantine

On the 5th day after the PCR exit test was done, then it was only brought to our attention that MOH has recorded wrongly the identity number for the previous swab test, hence another repeated swab test has to be done and wait again.

The quarantine period was therefore extended for another week from a 10 day Home Quarantine (HQ) to 17 days just to redo the swab test and wait for the prolonged results

The members in our household have been affected by their blunders and we may be just be the tip of such similar case.

We have been patience and understanding throughout this episode but I think it’s time for MOH to at least try to do their work properly, professionally and efficiently.”

Recap

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Previously a man was charged for committing a series of crimes against 3 victims and he is facing ranging charges from molestation, penetration and sexual penetration of a minor.

The man has been sentenced to 14 years of jail and 15 strokes of the rotan

SAF Reply to Media Queries on Former SAF Regular Convicted in High Court:

The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) holds its servicemen to high standards of discipline and integrity, and expects them to abide by the law. Those who commit offences will be dealt with in accordance with the law.

Following his arrest, the serviceman was suspended by the SAF from all duties. With the conclusion of the Court process, the SAF has discharged him from service.

A netizen shared a photo online of an uncle onboard a bus, with his feet resting on the seats in front of him.

He was seen with his slippers off as well.

Here is what the netizen who took the photo had to say:

“I was sitting in bus service 232 on the way home and this uncle was being inconsiderate. It’s really unhygienic and gross to see someone doing this in a public bus.”

Image and video source: Whatsapp

An accident occurred yesterday (Aug 3) at around 8.22 AM, at least 3 vehicles were involved in the accident between 3 trucks.

The accident occurred at the junction between Gul Circle and Gul Way in Tuas.

A vehicle from POLAR was seen on the pavement after the front carriage dislodges after the accident. The accident’s impact opened up the back storage area of the POLAR truck.

Debris and food trays can be seen on the road.

An amusing photo emerged online showing a man with a very peculiar pet.

He was seen on his bicycle, stopping at a traffic light with his pet chicken sitting snugly on his shoulder.

Jack Sparrow anyone?

Images source: @sg.incidents on IG

A resident staying in Woodlands found a wheelchair from National University Hospital (NUH)

Whoever the culprit is he/she should be charged with theft and disposal of stolen property. The same goes for supermarket trolleys.

Here is what the netizen said

How the h*ll someone brought this back all the way from NUH to Woodlands dr 14?!?!?

Update: Wheelchair has been picked up by the staff of NUH (went out of their job scope) and brought back to where it belongs. Thanks to many good samaritans that have dm me to offer their help.

To the irresponsible neighbour of mine, u wait till one day u really need to use a wheelchair but none around u can find just remember to laugh at yourself.

A netizen shared how her father fell prey to a scam on Whatsapp, where he was cheated of about $18,200 in just a couple of hours.

She said that the scammers are continuing to demand more money from him and are allegedly threatening them with violence.

She then shared screenshots of the conversations on Whatsapp, as well as their purported mobile numbers.

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