S'pore interior design firm allegedly owes over S$118,000 to ex-staff, firm claims they doxxed him & poached clients, TADM mediating

Ten former staff members of local interior design firm Interior Times (Kings') have submitted claims to the Tripartite Alliance for Dispute Management (TADM) for alleged non-payment of salaries.

The claimants, who include interior designers and at least one marketing employee, left the company in July 2025.

Ever since, they have allegedly "not received a single cent" of their owed commissions and salaries, totalling S$118,586, and have had their messages ignored.

But Jason Wang, managing director of Interior Times, said that the company is merely prioritising homeowners first.

He also claimed that his ex-employees had doxxed him and supposedly poached his clients.

An exodus

In Jul. 2025, one of Interior Times' subsidiaries — 2J Interior — split off from the main company.

The managing director of 2J Interior (now renamed 2J Interiors), Lim Jun Ji, said that about 10 staff members chose to follow him.

Wang, whom he called his former mentor, gave him his "blessing" at the time, he said.

Interior Times then embarked on a restructuring exercise, in which staff were given the option to stay as interior designers or leave as managers.

They were assured that even if they chose to leave, they could continue with their existing jobs, and would get their due commissions after their departure.

But this did not end up happening, the ex-staff alleged.

They said the IDs who chose to stay were paid their commissions, while the staff who left ended up being ghosted.

Their unpaid commissions ranged from S$6,306 to over S$30,000, they added.

Poaching allegations

However, Wang claimed that the IDs did not tell him that they were going to work for the now-rival 2J Interiors.

If he had known, he would not have agreed to let them continue their existing jobs, he said.

He pointed out that some IDs, who left the firm but did not join a different ID firm, had gotten their commissions as promised.

Furthermore, he accused the IDs of "poaching" clients for the new firm, by encouraging their existing clients to follow them to their new firms and cancel existing contracts with Interior Times.

27 clients had requested cancellations and refunds, amounting to a loss of S$547,060, Wang said.

In light of the lost profits, Wang said he had to prioritise the homeowners and put the unpaid commissions on the back burner.

"Our main priority is to settle the homeowners first, so we can calculate [the commissions] properly," he said.

He said he would eventually pay every ex-staff member what they were owed, but added that he would have to make deductions from the commissions.

This is because the cancelled projects resulted in the company failing to hit its targets for the year, he said.

Mothership understands that the IDs are not bound by a non-compete clause as they are not contracted full-time staff.

Any prohibition of "poaching" is typically enforced by an honour system rather than by contractual obligations.

Doxxing allegations

Several ex-staff members also posted about their troubles online.

"If the main objective is to get back their commissions, I've been here [in the office] the whole time. I'm not hiding anything," he said.

He added that while he had not had time to reply to his ex-staff's messages, nobody had approached him at his office.

Wang also accused them of doxxing and made a police report.

The ex-staff members have denied doing so, and said they merely posted information which is publicly available online.

Unanswered questions

In June, about 200 staff members left Interior Times in a mass exodus. When asked why, Wang said it was due to "disagreements within the company" but declined to elaborate.

The founder of Interior Times, Bryan Lim, has also since become uncontactable.

Wang was unable to share what happened to him, and Lim did not reply to attempts by Mothership to contact him.

Homeowners, too, have been caught in the crossfire of the dispute.

One told Mothership that she was confused as to whether her renovation would be completed on time, and if the warranty would still be upheld.

Cashflow problems

Lim Jun Ji also shared correspondence between him and Interior Times' finance department, in which Wang requested a S$300,000 loan from 2J Interior due to cashflow problems.

But in response to Mothership's queries, Wang said it was a loan between shareholders, and pointed out that Interior Times had paid for the subsidiary's expenses when it started up.

Lim says that all payments Interior Times had made to the subsidiary are in the process of being paid back monthly.

He also claims that Wang owes 2J Interior S$300,000 still.

Unpaid suppliers

Furthermore, a number of suppliers have alleged unpaid invoices by Interior Times.

One tile supplier, Vincent Phua, alleged that Interior Times owes him about S$18,000 — about three months' worth of invoices.

"Everything was fine. But after Chinese New Year, I realised the group's payments have been a bit slow," he said.

"In May we managed to clawback [what they owed] in February, March, April.

Then the payment stopped and they became uncontactable."

No reason was given as to the firm's apparent inability to make payment.

When queried about the matter, Wang said that "everybody owes suppliers" in the renovation industry.

The unpaid invoices are merely delays due to differences in the firms' financial schedules, he said.

"Suppliers are very important to us, we will definitely pay them."

TADM's response

In response to Mothership's queries, TADM confirmed that it is assisting ten individuals with their claims for unpaid salaries or commissions.

One former employee has received payment so far following mediation. Mothership understands the ex-employee only received about 50 per cent of money owed, but decided not to escalate the matter as he did not want to pay legal fees.

The other nine cases are still pending mediation.

"We would like to remind employers on their obligations to pay their employees’ salaries accurately and on time," the TADM spokesperson said.

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