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Agoda lays off 50 staff in S’pore, denies threatening severance if cases reported to MOM or unions
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Vulcan Post
Internal memo alleges that Agoda threatened retrenched employees against reporting to government agencies and unionsUpdate: Agoda has refuted allegations that employees were warned against reporting the retrenchments to government agencies or unions.
The company confirmed on Wednesday (Sep 17) that the reductions involved customer support roles in its offices in Singapore, Hungary, and China.
During this time employees were free to seek alternative legal options or engage with local authorities if they so wished.
The company is part of Booking Holdings, which also operates other travel platforms such as Booking.com, Kayak, and Priceline.
As part of this move, around 60 employees in the US from Agoda’s B2B unit Rocket Travel were affected.
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