Bus company's $5,000 salary offer for drivers draws over 1,400 applicants, 5 uni grads among 30 hired
The already attractive offer was sweetened by a joining bonus of $7,500 or $10,000 depending on the bus size, with the requirement that they stay in the company for at least three years. Liow had graduated from SIT with a degree in air transport management, but he'd always had an interest in buses and driving, Shin Min reported.At 28 years old, Liow is Westpoint's youngest employee so far.
Lee, 37, added that a majority of the local applicants have at least graduated from a junior college, polytechnic or institute of technical education.In previous media interviews, Lee, a second-generation leader at Westpoint, had said the attractive offer and bonus was an attempt to beat the manpower crunch as well as change the public's perception of the job as low-paying and labour-intensive.
He explained that some of the new hires used to be white-collared workers such as bank employees who were willing to drive buses part-time on weekends.
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