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A day in the life of a Singapore-based managing director at ServiceNow, who squeezes in 2-minute workouts between meetings and says 2020 was the best year of his working life
A day in the life of a Singapore-based managing director at ServiceNow, who squeezes in 2-minute workouts between meetings and says 2020 was the best year of his working life
Katie WarrenMay 31, 2021, 15:24 IST
Wee Luen Chia (right) says 2020 has been the best year of his working life because it allowed him to spend more time with his family.Wee Luen Chia
Wee Luen Chia is a Singapore-based executive at ServiceNow, an American software company.
He wakes up early to get his four-year-old daughter ready for school, works from his home in the morning, and spends part of his day at the office.
He says 2020 was the best year of his working life because he got to spend more time with his daughter.
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Wee Luen Chia, 43, is a Singapore-based executive at ServiceNow, an American software company with a global team of 14,000 people.
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6:45 a.m: Chia wakes up, showers, and drinks his coffee. Then he has breakfast with his wife, Susan Tan, and their four-year-old daughter Chloe.
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8 a.m: It's time for Chloe to head to preschool. Chia sees his daughter off and his wife takes her to school.
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Chia's meetings typically start between 8 and 9 a.m.
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8:30 a.m: His first meeting of the day is a one-on-one with Albert Li, ServiceNow's Managing Director for North Asia, who joined the team in March.
Albert Li, left, and Chia have a one-on-one virtual meeting.
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9:30 a.m: Chia has a meeting with a customer in Malaysia, market expansion services company DKSH, for a "go live" event.
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11:30 a.m: If he's home and not traveling between meetings, Chia tries to fit in some exercise.
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12:30 p.m: Chia has lunch with his team at a sushi restaurant in Singapore's Bugis neighborhood.
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1:30 p.m: After lunch, he heads into ServiceNow's office in downtown Singapore, which is the company headquarters for the Asia-Pacific and Japan region.
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4 p.m: Chia leaves the office to head to off-site meetings.
Chia's meeting with SGTech.
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6:30 or 7 p.m: Chia is home for dinner with his family.
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7:30 p.m: After dinner, the family plays Monopoly and Chia has to console his daughter after she loses.
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8 p.m: He reads his daughter a bedtime story, which he says is one of his "favorite moments" to spend with her.
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8:30 p.m: In the evenings, Chia goes on a run around his neighborhood.
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9:30 p.m.: Back at home, Chia showers and catches up on the news on TV and prepares for the next day's meetings.