Facebook user Gal Goh, shared a lengthy post on the Complaint Singapore Facebook group, sharing that her son is doing his internship with a company collecting old and refurbished laptops.
She added that the interns were made to eat on the floor and do housekeeping of the laptops, while the boss, who is overseas, monitors them via a CCTV.
Here is what she said
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I would like to bring to your attention in regards to your final year internship arrangement. My child is in the last year of Higher nitec.
At first, he was posted to a sim lim store which only sell hp cover, job scope seems to be easy but nothing could be gain.
Appeal for a transfer and he is posted to a backend store collected all old and for refurbished laptops. There are 4 interns there and only 2 are allow to go out buy lunch and is given 30min lunch time. When eat in, there is no table for meals and all seated on the floor to eat and do all the housekeeping of the old laptops. The real oversea boss will eye them via Cctv constantly and will call back to supervisor to scold them for not doing work even though all works have been completed.
Does ITE takes care of your student’s well being and simply send them out to be a slave where company make them as cheap labour.
Did ITE check the working condition of the workplace?
My son refused to let me speak up as it will affect his final year result to excel to the next level but i cannot digest.
Another 6weeks at work working for 6days 9-6pm and 30min meal time, i will have to bring him for back issue.
Is not easy for a 1.8m to sit on the floor for hours to sort out the dirty laptops.
This is inhuman treatment.
Kindly do your rountine check.