China’s Big Tech firms drive talent war in Singapore

In the 3rd of a 7-part BT-Lianhe Zaobao series on China and Asean, we look at the talent war that China’s tech titans have sparked in Singapore with their offers of high salaries, flexible work arrangements, and professional development opportunities.

Liu Liu

Published Sun, Jul 3, 2022 · 10:00 AM

China

AT THE start of the year, former civil servant Ye Jiahui (pseudonym) left the government agency where she had worked for 9 years for the private sector, joining one of China’s tech giants.

Ye’s husband is South Korean, and they have a three-year-old child. She told Lianhe Zaobao that her decision was not based solely on salary considerations; rather, she wanted a new environment with flexible hours that would allow better work-life balance.

During t…