Shopee catches would-be employees off guard after it withdraws some job offers

A social media user posted about being informed upon landing in Singapore that a Shopee job offer had been withdrawn. PHOTO: ST FILE
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SINGAPORE - E-commerce platform Shopee has rescinded a number of job offers for positions at its headquarters in Singapore, including for someone who had already flown here to take up a new role.

According to tech media company PingWest, a user going by the pseudonym "Linge" posted on Chinese workplace social app Maimai last Friday, saying the user had received a phone call upon landing in Singapore that the job offer had been withdrawn.

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