Should we believe the news?

During a casual chat with a distant relative at my grand-uncle Andrew’s house, this aunty asked me if I was still working at StarHub & I shared with her briefly about me having to leave my job.

Upon hearing what I had said, she immediately told us that she’s been working at the Ministry of Manpower, & even this ministry lay off 3% of its staff each year! I was stunned & commented that I’m not sure if we should believe what is said in the newspapers about more jobs being created, when the ministry itself is laying off its workers, at a rate of 3% each year! What’s more it’s the Ministry of Manpower!

It really made me re-think about the fact that even working in the Civil Service isn’t really all that secure nowadays. And my aunty shared about how the ministries are becoming more & more performance based, until everyone gets all stressed up. This news really came as quite a shock to me… Hmm…