Indonesia lifts all Covid-19 restrictions
All Covid-19 restrictions on movements and gatherings have been removed by the country effective December 30, 2022. President Joko Widodo said, “There will be no more restrictions on gatherings and movements,” during a press conference. Widodo urged Indonesians to remain vigilant and to continue to wear masks indoors and in crowded places. Prior to his […]
Flash Coffee lays off employees in Singapore and Indonesia
Retail coffee chain Flash Coffee has reportedly cut jobs in Singapore and Indonesia. Flash Coffee Indonesia’s ex Head of PR and Communications, Randy Salim said the layoffs were due to “region-wide (reorganisation) and ongoing financial efforts”. The coffee chain opened more than 200 stores since its launch in 2020 and employed over 1,000 staff. In […]
GoTo cuts over 1,000 jobs in cost-reduction strategy
Tech firm and holding company PT GoTo is set to lay off 1,300 workers, or 12% of its workforce, joining a wave sweeping through the technology industry globally. “Challenging global macroeconomic conditions are having a significant impact on businesses around the world and GoTo, like other prudent companies, is making adjustments to ensure it can […]
Number of full-time workers in Indonesia rises
Indonesia’s Central Statistic Agency announced that working conditions in the country have improved, backed by the growing portion of full time employees, Margo Yuwono, head of the agency said. “The percentage of full-time workers or those who work more than 35 hours per week shows an increase from 64.30% in August 2021 to 68.46% in […]
Indonesia boosts efforts to improve HR quality
The government has continued to invest in improving human resources and developing vocational education to achieve inclusive, equitable development across Indonesia. Effort is being made to take advantage of the country’s demographics, where 70% of the population is in the productive age group, with a workforce of about 144 million people. Coordinating Minister for Economic […]
GrabKitchen to close in Indonesia
Southeast Asia super-app Grab is set to shutter its GrabKitchen operations in Indonesia by December this year. The company said the decision is part of its shift to an “asset-light” business model after bouts of inconsistent growth. “This situation forced us to take a difficult decision, which is not to continue our GrabKitchen operations […]
Skill shortage looms for Indonesia’s workforce
INDONESIA: Job seeking platform KUPU has found that the hospitality and retail sectors in the country are at risk of skills shortage come 2023. This proves to become a major problem in the country’s labour sector. According to Amazon Web Services and Alpha Beta, over 17 million Indonesians need digital competency training every year to […]
Five factors to consider when promoting staff to higher roles
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MyRepublic: Navigating teams with the “new values compass”
The pandemic is proving to be the ultimate workplace equaliser. Nobody has come out unscathed. Two years into it, many of our deeply-ingrained work practices, beliefs, and habits have been both shaken and stirred. Regardless of stature within their organisation, many people have felt a sense of loss at different levels. While others have found […]
The “intentional” culture driving Gojek and its Chief People Officer
His “journey of a thousand miles” did not begin with a single step. It all began (and very almost ended) with a walking tour at a heavily unionised bottling factory. On the first day of an HR internship, Sunil Setlur was taken aside by a union representative who mistakenly took him for a new HR […]
