Working Class

- Season 1

(2015)

Sanjay quits his job as a colorectal surgeon to open his dream cafe. Nick loses his job and desperately tries to get a new one. Junnie decides to take a stab at becoming a social influencer. And Mei, newly promoted, is now a manager.

Meet Mei, Nick, Sanjay and Junnie, four working individuals about to enter a new phase in their careers as they try to find their ideal jobs in a world that does not care about their hopes and dreams. That's the life of the working class.

Our four characters take the first necessary steps to advancing in their hopes and dreams. Nick needs to learn to speak up and hence becomes an actor. Newly promoted Mei strictly enforces rules to her team to prove she is an effective manager while Junnie and Sanjay take their first steps towards self-employment as a social influencer and a café-owner respectively.

When Azlina falls ill with dengue fever, Mei desperately improvises when the gift-sending systems within Multi-Media Corporation becomes outdated. Sanjay desperately needs to find his dream location for his café, but it turns out to be more challenging that he expected. Also desperate is Junnie who commits to her first product, but the product from Pyongyang turns out to be a heavier financial investment than she expected. Nick works with Singapore Parks, Landscaping and Terrain (SPLAT) to maintain Singapore's reputation as a garden city and learns humility in the ...

In order to learn lessons to overcome his clumsiness, Nick works in a roti prata shop and exercises his creativity. Mei creatively solves wastage problems at Multi-Media Corporation, while Junnie uses her creativity to get cured of a medical condition. Over at the café, Sanjay learns that his contractor is not really who he says he is and resorts to finding creative ways to complete the renovation job.

Nick works as a security guard to learn the importance of being alert. In the process, he foils a case of industrial espionage. Mei successfully implements the "First Cash, Then Cab" movement at MultiMedia Corporation while Sanjay goes to take classes from the "Singapore Institute of Culinary Kitchenry" or SICK, to expand his café's menu. Also enjoying an expansion is Junnie, as she starts to get more followers for her blog - or did she?

Mei, Nick, Junnie and Sanjay encounter ethical dilemmas when positions of authority are suddenly thrust upon them at work. Decisions have to be made, but will it be the right one?

After a disaster with the Immigration Defence Department (IDD), Sanjay hires Nick, but will they get along? Meanwhile, Junnie becomes a model for a trendy fashion designer and photographer, F-Stop, while Mei decides to join the trend and use social media at work.

Our four characters overestimate their abilities in their quest for excellence, but reality comes to hit them back down quickly. Especially when the blow is dealt by experts like taxi expert Nicholas Le Fong.

To move forward, you have to play the game. Mei, Sanjay and Junnie step out of their comfort zone in order to move forward at work. Nick, now working in retail, goes out of his way to provide exceptional service so the shop can impress SPASM (the Shopping Practices And Service Minders) and become a certified Tourist TRAP (Tourist: Travel Report of Awesome Places).

Sanjay and Mei have to deal with demanding employees and Nick, who is now working as a housekeeper, has to manage a very difficult guest.

It's time for CHACHA's (Culinary Hospitality And Cleanliness Hygiene Agency's) inspection at the café, but Sanjay is not prepared at all for it. Will Coffee! - emphasis on the exclamation mark, pass the inspection? Nick starts works as a swimming instructor in a bid to pick up mentoring skills. Junnie takes a break from work and over at MultiMedia Corporation, Mei starts implementing feedback to further improve the company.

In a bid to be less wasteful, Nick meets Uncle Wong, to learn more about recycling. The cafe hosts the party for MMC STOP Unit and Sanjay is beginning to feel overwhelmed as the scale grows larger before his eyes. Also overwhelmed is Mei who has to organize the party all by herself while Junnie is overwhelmed by the demands of a nine-to-five office job.

After chronicling his learning journey of his experience in 12 jobs to address criticisms, Nick is about to publish his book and so he works at a bookstore to do research on the industry. Sanjay and Mei fight hard to keep their work dreams alive while Junnie does one more big internet project to achieve her dream of winning an ABBA (ASEAN's Best Blog Awards) to improve her standing among the social influencers.