The holiday season is here. Like many Singaporeans, Exxonmobil technicians have a lot of leave to clear from last year (i.e. 2020). Nobody wants to forfeit their leave but with the teams’ skeleton crew all year round, it’s hard to find a day when annual leave can be approved.

This is compounded by the fact that many of the technicians are actually eligible for their booster shots. Most of us here know that the Covid-19 booster shots does make one suffer from symptoms like fever, body aches, etc. Technicians fearing that the Omicron variant is fast catching up on the populace are scrambling to get as much protection as possible by getting jabbed a.s.a.p.

But the Management does not see it this way….

Supervisors have told us to postpone / delay our booster jabs to a future date because they can’t find enough people to provide minimum manning. Even techs from other shift teams are unwilling to provide cover because they themselves are getting jabbed during their off days - to not incur any Medical Leave on the company. And… they are exhausted from covering alot of OT throughout the past months.

Think about this, new hires, the management does not care that you contract Covid-19. As long as their teams are manned - they don’t care. All in the name of money.

Is this the kind of company that you’d want to serve?