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January 22, 2021
Having been in the oil and gas industry for more than 30 years, Tan Bee Lian witnessed several rounds of retrenchments in the companies she previously worked in.
Every time she escaped unscathed, she thought to herself: So lucky that I was not affected.
Then Covid-19 hit, affecting jobs and economies around the world.
Right before the circuit breaker ended on June 19, Bee Lian then an instrument engineer in an oil and gas consultant and construction company was told she was retrenched through a Skype meeting with her boss.
She was 53 years old and had to leave the only industry she had ever worked in since leaving school.