IN FOCUS: Why the stigma over flexible work persists in Singapore

Business

Micromanaging, unhelpful colleagues and the threat of job loss – workers tell CNA about the costs of flexibility in the workplace. SINGAPORE: R, a father in his 30s, worries that he is on thin ice at his job because he is the only person in his department who works from home two days a week. He felt encouraged when his head of department easily greenlit his flexible work arrangement request so that he could care for his two-year-old toddler. But he soon discovered a different reality on the