In a detailed discussion, industry experts Dr. Tan Hong Ming and Felicia Romli analyzed the recent layoffs at the Government Technology Agency (GovTech). The conversation addressed the strategic reasons behind the workforce reduction, framing it within the context of broader tech sector consolidation. The experts highlighted the shifting demand for specialized skills, the necessity of organizational restructuring to meet updated public sector goals, and the critical role of support systems in helping affected employees transition into new roles within the wider technology ecosystem.
- The layoffs at GovTech are characterized as part of a wider stabilization and consolidation trend within the technology industry.
- Dr. Tan Hong Ming noted that organizational restructuring allows public agencies to realign resources with emerging national technological priorities.
- Felicia Romli emphasized that while certain roles are being reduced, demand remains strong for highly specialized skills in areas like artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.
- The discussion underscored the importance of continuous upskilling and adaptability for tech professionals in a rapidly changing job market.
- An emphasis was placed on the availability of transition support, including career counseling and job placement services, to assist affected workers.
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Who said huh, no retrenchment then I worried.
Coming soon to a Ministry near you
Wow…. pink slips for 9% out of approximately 3000 staff. Just wondering how many of the 200+ just got a 4 or 5 room BTO flat? Biting fingernails now right? Quick, get your calculator out and start working out your sums. Student loans, reno cost, down payment, monthly mortgage, CC bills, wedding cost, car loan, etc. AI is gonna take over your job! Good luck folks! 😂
lol how much did the government pay them? 😂 just call a layoff a layoff
Nothing good deals is going to come out from the government party big mouth, their big mouth are use for keeping their own self collect own self highest pay.
Everyone is affected sooner or later, by 2030, it would be even more.
Also more types of toxic foods and all types of toxic jabs, as well as more toxic vapes are coming into Singapore/coming to Singaporeans.
The good-for-nothing government party create more jobs for foreigners and foreign workers working in Singapore, and for PR and new citizens, while Singaporeans are forced to serve NS to protect these foreigners and foreign workers, and PR and new citizens.
The good for nothing government party is wasting electricity by putting more than one thousand machines around Singapore running 24hr every day to collect back empty plastic bottles.
Also sg soldiers are for show only, cannot fight during war or don't want to fight during war, escape is the most important thing during war. We as sg soldiers before so we know.
The good for nothing government party talk is one thing, but do is another thing, we as Singaporeans of course we know.
The good-for-nothing government party is building more condos for foreigners working in Singapore and building more HDB flats for new citizens, while Singaporeans are forced to serve NS to protect foreigners and foreign workers in Singapore, and protect PR and new citizens.
But Singapore cannot have nuclear plant in the future because people from overseas are waiting " to do something bad " on the nuclear plant
Families and firms said it is time the government release the singapore reserve money and gold bars to help them in this difficult "war on Iran" time.
Laying off those older higher salaried mid and lower tier staff.
Who are either in their 40 and 50 and even some 30s yrs.
Once these locals get pok now, unlike the earlier yrs, they will have a hard time getting another job.
This is the reality these locals will face but not the foreigners, who have more options and being more mobile in their search for jobs.
Sg is foriegners first mah. Election time then say local first. 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Now retrench. Election time you all forget liao. Understsnd bo ? 2 years later mah.
A.i take over.. no need you to write code . A.I BETTER THAN YOU AND FASTEST..
Iron ricebowl leh what happened?
GovTech? Seriously?
It's the nature of the tech industry…
No new answers, kind of text book answers which we all understood and know it's challenges we need to go through ..I was hoping to hear more new radical ideas and explore new solution by the Prof and HR experts
Pretty boring
Why is that guy soooo anxious 😅 he is makin The Public far worry…who are the ones being layoff
NEW CITIZENS or Native Singaporeans???
AI is imploding in The Global Stage yet Not Ahead of The Curve Singapore is LEANING IN 4 Shareholders NOT STAKEHOLDERS dan CITIZENS
PAP policies always seem to drive up costs, and outsourcing is far more cost-effective. If GovTech did not have the government as its parent organization, it would have closed down long ago.
well is good for software developer for this, more in house like DSTA, instead vendor or offshore based like typical MNC, which don't need software developer in Singapore. Also meaning they will need a lot SRE to do maintenance, patching and etc
In Singapore, retrenchment is referred to as transformation or reconstruction.
Ask any wall street firms doing retrenchment and the words that come up will often be restructuring, transformation, adaption
No more iron rice bowl, civil servants should be worried
Propaganda….pro government. Seem like union also supportive due to early notice. Sad ….Though
they have been push for retraining and not retrenchment. Now they open the field in private sector to follow.
Everything come out with stu-pig ideas and so-called " innovation " yet local breed Singaporean still have to fight for jobs with foreigners those so-called " s " pass holders that their starting salary are higher than local pure breed Singaporean who worked whole-life also can't catch up with their starting salary and seniors who built up Singapore what we are today still have to sell tissue papers at train stations on wheelchair instead of retiring happily looking after their grandchildren
Todays government departments are hiring more foreigners no wonder our systems are hacked and scam are so frequent when those foreigners manning Singaporean data and personal informations the danger are real thats why there are always frequent calls to scam Singaporean, only Singapore have more percentage of foreigners in this small island than other big countries have
Talk so much yet basic food prices are going up higher than salary can rise .
Singapore loved foreigners more than pure breed Singaporean
AI INVENTIONS ARE JUST ANOTHER USELESS STU-PIG INNOVATION DOESN'T SOLVE PROBLEMS OR ELSE FLOODS AND EARTHQUAKE STILL NEVER ABLE TO MINIMISE NOT TO MENTION STOP THEM WHEN WORLD OVER ARE SPENDING MORE MORE LATEST WEAPONS THAN TAKING CARE OF THEIR OWN CITIZENS BASIC LIVELIHOOD
NO MATTER HOW SINGAPOREAN HAVE SKILL FUTURES SUPPORT AND HOW SINGAPOREAN UPGRADE THEIR SKILLS ALL GOOD PAYING JOBS ARE (S)KILL BY FOREIGNERS ESPECIALLY SO-CALLED FAKE NEW CITIZENS WHEN THEY ARE JUST TAKING ADVANTAGE OF SINGAPORE AS A STEPPING BOARD TO OTHER BETTER COUNTRIES AFTER THEY HAVE GAIN ENOUGH KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCES HERE , IF FAKE NEW CITIZENS ARE WILLING TO GAVE UP THEIR OWN BORN COUNTRIES CITIZENSHIP WHO CAN GUARANTEE THEY WILL NOT GIVE UP THEIR CITIZENSHIP HERE UNTIL THEY DIE AND CREMATED HERE THEN THEY CAN BE CALL THEMSELVES AS AUTHENTIC SINGAPOREAN OR ELSE THEY ARE JUST ANOTHER TEMPORARY FAKE NEW CITIZENS , WHEN NEW CITIZENS ESPECIALLY MALE NO NEED WASTE THEIR TWO PRECIOUS YEARS DOING N S BUT LANDED HERE HALF WAY BUT ARE TAKING AWAY GOOD PAYING JOBS FROM PURE BREED SINGAPOREAN AND ENJOYING BETTER BENEFITS THAN PURE BREED SINGAPOREAN
NUS sexpert tell you the same thing as the Govtech website, no clear answers. Just ownself said ownself jin song. Nowadays AI era, sexperts seem so lame and useless.
All these so-called " professors " are useless always never come out rules that will benefit and taking care of local pure breed Singaporean thats why the useless idiot that comes out with rules to delayed our local pure breed Singaporean whole-life hard-earned stressed n sweat c p f money are not return sooner must be CURSED think they very smart coming out new rules that directly affecting everyone especially low paid worker definitely believes their next life will be reborn to become refugees so that they will know how Singaporean suffering due to their stu-pig ideas especially those low income salaried but by then its too late
AI ARE USELESS HUMAN INNOVATION IF SO POWERFUL WHY WORLD OVER POOR GETTING POORER RICH GETTING RICHER FLOODS AND EARTHQUAKE STILL SO FREQUENT WITH NO IMPROVEMENT TO THE LOWEST IMPACT , NO MATTER HOW POWERFUL AI THEY ARE THE WORLD WILL BE MORE MESSIER AND GREEDIER WHENEVER THERE ARE HUMAN THERE ARE CHAOTIC AND TENSIONS
This is a general statement. Not arrowing any organisation hor. Some women are daring – go to do facial or manicure during office hours. Really. The shops that I go to can testify this. There are also people who eat snake. These people will be retrenched when time is bad. Anyway, take care everyone.
Human create useless rot-bots to make themselves jobless thats the real facts think they can't innovate new machines eventually they are the first to be fire after companies release machines are more productive than human eventually the stu-pig idiot who innovate robots and machines are the first group to be out of jobs
The Power of AI mode is here
Data centers consume large amount of electricity.
Many thousands of Jobs to be lost . Panic you should be .
These Jobs ain't coming back
The HR and Doctor are oblivious the new era and Advent of Hyperscale AI.
Job losses at unprecedented levels coming near you .
There are undislosed layoffs in gov sectors?
Before 2050 say goodbye to these Jobs.
Data entry clerks , retail cashiers , telemarketers. assembly line workers , drivers , courier services with autonomous Vehicles……
The Power scale of AI would be overwhelming killing jobs .
These two are so oblivious what's coming.