SOME signs that the theft of $7.9 million worth of watches and cash from Cortina Watch's Raffles City outlet was an inside job emerged yesterday, and police are now looking for an ex-employee of the store to help in investigations.

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too late, he already long gone... probably in malaysia now, trying to offload the watches...

I personally feel that he was not doing it alone. It was too well planned and well organized “big thing”. He could be one of many.

Disgruntled employees can indeed inflict a lot of damage indeed. Nobody carries out a $7.9 million heist without an elaborate escape plan. He is probably long gone by now.

That's solid material for a local movie production! What are you still waiting for, Jack? ;)

smu014,

Too late for Jack. He might get accused for plagiarism. You can be assured that employee learned the modus operandi from some of the Hollywood movies.

This is a lesson for companies like Parkway Group, who treat their employees badly. The recent lay-offs while the company has been reaping huge profits would have left many ex staff with an axe to grind. This company shouldn't treat their workers like economic digits or their patients may also believe that they are treated in the same way. Parkway's motto is we make a difference in people's lives. I agree; many were homeless after having to sell their houses to pay for their hospital stay.

One employer said that management gurus have got it wrong - the most important asset of his company is not his employees, but his customers. Since I could not laugh at that moment, I coughed instead.

According to Parkway Group, the company values their people above all by treating those we serve and each other with compassion, dignity, respect and integrity. That's not what I heard as staff were shabbily treated during their recent retrenchment exercise, including receiving peanuts in retrenchment benefits. Pay cuts came swiftly after for those demoralised staff left behind. What happened to compassion, dignity, respect and integrity?

There's always 2 sides to a coin. While retrenchment may reflect badly to a company, sometimes it's necessary, and also a time for "spring cleaning"... release staff who are deadline; refuse change, training, disgruntled staff who demoralise others, abuse authority to "bully others".... the list goes on. I've seen them all.