03 Nov Working from home

Work/Working from home ("WFH") or a hybrid of working in the office and from home has become the new normal.  Is it sustainable in the long term?  Would it compromise one's career prospects? We speak to Kay Pang, Senior Director & Associate General Counsel, Global Markets Compliance Officer (APJ, EMEA & LATAM) of VMware, a mother of 2 kids and who has been WFH for more than a decade, about the ins and outs of remote working. I believe you started remote working from 2008 while you were with HP - why and how did this happen?  It started with a necessity.

21 Aug ItsRainingRaincoats

ItsRainingRaincoats (IRR), a social initiative set up in 2015 to raise awareness of migrant worker welfare, has been in the spotlight in recent times.  Dipa’s journey with IRR started from a single act of kindness to some workers trying to take shelter from the rain (watch it here on TedX https://www.ted.com/talks/dipa_swaminathan_helping_migrant_workers). Today, apart from distributing snacks, food, essentials (including raincoats!), IRR has launched the Mad Wish program (where volunteers teach English) and collaborated with the Singapore Medical Society of Ireland to produce a mental health booklet in several languages. Surene speaks to IRR founder, Dipa Swaminathan about her roles as a lawyer and social activist. You must have your hands full, especially in the last few months. How do you juggle your work as an AGC at Singtel, family and IRR? I think everybody has multiple interests outside work - mine happen to be with migrant workers, so whatever spare time I have, I give to this.