2 in 5 S'pore workers asked to do things unrelated to job scope

2 in 5 S'pore workers asked to do things unrelated to job scope

    By John Leong
    POSTED: 24 Oct 2013 12:33
    UPDATED: 24 Oct 2013 23:36

Nearly two in five Singapore workers have received requests from their bosses that have nothing to do with their main job scope. 21 per cent of respondents said the requests were downright absurd.

SINGAPORE: Would you dress up as a superhero to meet clients?

Or take the rap for your boss's traffic offence?

These are just two examples cited by employees of their bosses' requests in a survey conducted by JobsCentral, a job portal.

The survey found that nearly two in five Singapore workers have received requests from their bosses that have nothing to do with their main job scope.

21 per cent of respondents said the requests were downright absurd.

Over 3,500 Singapore workers were surveyed from May to June this year.

The survey found that Generation X workers are most likely to be called upon by bosses to do non-work-related tasks.

Men are more likely than women to report taking on tasks outside their job description.

Workers from small and medium companies (SMEs) appeared to make more of such non-work-related requests.

Bosses in the construction industry are more likely to ask their subordinates to run personal errands.

This is followed by the manufacturing and services industries.

Other absurd requests made by bosses included doing homework for the boss' children, and waiting in the boss' car and keeping a lookout for summons officers as the vehicle was illegally parked.


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