Singapore birthrate will continue to fall if no mindset and employment changes takes into effect. I am 31 and my wife is in late twenties. We think that we are at the right age and do plan to have our first child unfortunately something adds to our already existing many concerns. Recently she went for a job interview in one of the Government agencies. Skip the usual interview questions. I am surprised and taken aback when my wife told me, instead of stressing on my wife's competence, the interviewer actually asked about her marriage, age and if she plans to have children? We are not stupid. We all knew the underlying meaning the interviewer trying to imply, that is "I do not want to hire someone and then goes on 3 months maternity later on". Can she tell lie and hope that the interviewer will hire her or say the truth and not get the job? We are same as any other couple wanted to build up our career and salary so as to save, raise and give proper degree education to our children. However, sad to say, let's faced it, everyone!. This is the ugliness and practicality of real life happenings.
P/S: We did not hear from the Government agency anymore.
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