Google “unfair internships” and you get a blizzard of complaints. It’s understandable that young people may feel hard done by working for months without pay, but the decision by Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman, although it is not extended to private companies yet, may prompt some companies
I predict that, because of artificial intelligence and its ability to automate certain tasks that in the past were impossible to automate, not only will we have a much wealthier civilization, but the quality of work will go up very significantly and a higher fraction of people will have callings
Pakatan Harapan will keep its pledge to create a million jobs. This is an idea that keeps repeating itself like a bad burrito. And apologies, but a government job guarantee, the idea that the government should just create a job for anyone who hasn’t got one and wants one, really
‘Do not be ashamed of your job … the value of the work you are doing and the personal gains that come from it.’ I have seen and spoken with a lot of people who work in different kinds of jobs — maintenance, cleaning, fast food, retail, dine-in restaurants and
I never do anything fun, because I’m a housewife. I hate that word ‘housewife.’ I prefer to be called ‘domestic goddess.’ – Roseanne Barr, American actress, comedian, writer, and television producer When asked what his wife does each day, a husband once said, “Nothing. She sits home, eats my money,
The push for paternity leave is gaining steam across the country. And I have read in the media that various politicians and friends have expressed their support for the proposal in the name of family values. In principle I am happy with the idea that new fathers take time off
My claim is I’m more worried than you about gender pay gap. And that’s even if you’re one of the women complaining about it. You see we’re in the middle of a collective delusion with people simply not willing to even try and understand what is going on. In the
There is an interesting suggestion that Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad would like to shut down, bail out or sell off Malaysia Airlines (MAS). The correct question here is not why you would sell MAS off but why wouldn’t you? The national carrier loses huge amounts of money, has
Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir came up with a favourable statement about the acceptable face of capitalism when addressing a retreat of the Johor government with federal government leaders a few months ago. His main point was that a number of his ministers are socialist in their outlook and they
The World Happiness Report 2019 is now out and I have to admit to always liking this report which is co-edited by Professor Richard Layard and Jeffrey Sachs. According to the report, Malaysia is ranked the 80th happiest nation, a massive drop of 45 places compared with 2018 when we