it was reported in the straits times today that a chip-making giant, AMD retrenched more than 50 of their staff. what is worst is that this is likely to be the first of two rounds of retrenchments.
a technician identified as ravi was one of the employees retrenched and he said:
"it was a very sudden thing, we always thought it would happen to other people and our jobs were safe, but now it's happened to us."
AMD said the retrenchments were part of a global restructuring plan and the exercise aimed at strengthening its competitiveness, and emphasised that singapore remained a vital part of its operations.
my comments:
i can certainly emphatise with mr ravi and those who received their pink slips from AMD yesterday. like what mr ravi opined that he thought his job was safe and it will only happen to others. but in real life, ......
