3 years ago, Frederick Tan suddenly suffered a stroke, leading him to leave his job in Sales and Management. Under his family\u2019s support and encouragement, the 54 year old didn\u2019t let it slow him and and juggled between being a freelance SAF Trainer and Part-time cleaner with Helpling Singapore.<\/p>\n
Find out more about Frederick\u2019s journey here!<\/p>\n
Prior to Helpling, I was a Global Sales & Marketing Manager in various companies and industries. I had co-owned and co-ran a polymer parts manufacturing company in Singapore for 4 years. It was only until I was diagnosed with Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) that I decided to leave my job.<\/p>\n
March 2013. It was very sudden for me and I was hospitalised for 4 days.<\/p>\n
At that point, I asked myself “WHY ME!!” & all my family members & friends were all surprised \u00a0as I was known to be a fitness freak. I had no support from my ex-employer and thus decided to leave my job as a salaried man i.e. to be paid to work under stress and no support on my chronic status from employer. I had to adapt to this change of fate in my life by looking for other options of income.<\/p>\n
Yes. The side effects included poor memory, poor control of left hand, poor sense of direction when moving\/driving around, slower reaction and loss of words to use during conversations.<\/p>\n
I went into a depression and became very short-tempered. However, being the sole bread winner in my family, I had to remaine optimistic and refused to accept the fact that my life had to stop there. Having been in Sales & Marketing, Business Management all these years have gave me the will power to strive on. My family were my biggest supporters and never gave up on me.<\/p>\n
I got to know about Helpling through Facebook advertisements. My freelance work with the SAF slowed down after 1.5 years and I was looking for supplementary income in between my training assignments with SAF. Helpling gave me the flexibility to work when I wanted and decided and so I decided to become a freelance cleaner.<\/p>\n
I enjoy the satisfaction I receive from the good feedbacks and appreciation when they thank me.<\/p>\n
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