SEEKING: flexible hours, meaningful work… and a lower salary?

In August last year, a Facebook post on the grievances the author had against the “young candidates” who applied for a position at his company went viral.

“Are we raising our generation to be adult babies? Well, I interviewed 12 local graduate jobseekers this week for a job... I’m disappointed with their responses because none of them were hungry for a job,” wrote Delane Lim. The founder of Futuready Asia then penned another post to explain that seven of the candidates had a range of requests, including asking for more annual leave, transport allowance, and a team of junior colleagues to assist with tasks. One also requested not to work on