Mainland Chinese workers complain about lack of overtime work
By scheng1
@scheng1 (24649)
Singapore
April 8, 2016 8:09am CST
We have many mainland Chinese workers working in factories in Singapore.
In one such factory, I had a chance to talk to many workers from China.
I know from the supervisors that many of them visit the casinos on weekends.
I ask the Chinese workers why they want to go to the casinos when they know that they will lose money.
Their answer is that the company does not have enough overtime work for them.
They have nothing better to do on Sunday, and they do not want to stay in the dormitory all the time.
They complain that the company should not hire them when work is so little. They want to work 12 hours a day, including weekends and public holiday.
After all, all of them have left their loved ones in order to earn more money in Singapore.
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6 responses
@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
8 Apr 16
I wonder if Filipinos there make the same complain? or just contented with the work load given to them?
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@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
9 Apr 16
@Letranknight2015 sorry to say that Filipinos are not as hardworking as the workers from mainland China.
Filipinos enjoy partying more, and they are not likely to want to work 12 hours a day for 365 days a year.
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@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
9 Apr 16
@scheng1 Lol now that sucks and some of them even got balls insulting some Singaporeans in fb, which caused him to loose his job. yeah, i doubt they want to work that long 
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
8 Apr 16
They complain about not enough overtime hours because they need money so they go to casinos to lose their money. Makes sense.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
8 Apr 16
@scheng1 Yes, they want money but go to casinos. If they cared about their families, they wouldn't blow their money gambling.
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@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
8 Apr 16
@JohnRoberts That is the problem with many foreign workers.
Their families are so far away, and they get to see their family probably just once in 2 years.
When they live together in a dormitory with all the others, the peer pressure is great.
It is hard to say no when all the others are going.
@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
9 Apr 16
I can understand that people leave their family to work in another city or country because they want to get more money. But they should never go to the casino. It just doesn't make a sense to me. In fact there can be still many things to do in the spare time. Even they can find another part time job if they want. And working all the time is very stressful. They need to have a break sometimes.
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@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
10 Apr 16
The problem is that they cannot find another part time job.
The employment law in Singapore is very strict.
When they are employed to work in a company, they cannot work for another company at the same time.
They can go for courses, but these are workers who do not like to study.
They like blue-collar jobs with a lot of overtime.
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@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
9 Apr 16
They cannot work part time since they are foreign workers on work permit.
The government does not allow them to do that.
There is really nothing much for them to do unless they want to surf net (which cost money because they have to get prepaid card), watch movie (cost money also), and casino.
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@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
9 Apr 16
@sjvg1976 They are not staying at home.
They are staying in a dormitory.
A dormitory is usually a large room with 10 beds or more in a room.
Think of the hospital ward! The setup is similar.
Nobody likes to spend their rest time in a dormitory if they can go to work to earn some money.
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@karjatwala (1120)
• Pune, India
15 Apr 16
But surely Singapore has much more to offer then casinos. So they can go there, have a nice time, enjoy themselves instead of loosing their hard earned money in gambling at casinos.
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@karjatwala (1120)
• Pune, India
15 Apr 16
@scheng1 Well, those who want to loose their hard earned money in gambling can go, why force others who would like to save and send the money back home to their families.
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