Singapore GovTech cuts 93 jobs in first phase of 2-year overhaul
Why it matters: The agency expects 7% to 9% of roles to be reworked as it shifts from vendor-managed projects to in-house products.
Singapore's Government Technology Agency cut 93 staff in the first phase of a two-year workforce overhaul, part of a restructuring that it expects will affect 7% to 9% of roles across its roughly 3,900-person workforce. GovTech said 302 employees were reviewed in the first phase: 102 were kept in their current roles and 110 were placed in paid apprenticeships for retraining. The agency said it is moving away from managing projects delivered by vendors and toward owning and running products in-house, especially for critical systems that need faster changes. Chairman Chng Kai Fong said the exercise is meant to change GovTech's operating model, not shrink it, and the agency expects to employ more people by the end of the transition than it does now.