Nah I mean I'm joining the Singapore LYN 'club' hehe. Got a verbal confirmation from the new company, finance line, 80k/year. But don't wanna count my chickens before they hatch, will wait for HR to give offer letter first.

agreed. so until i see the offer letter with my own eyes i haven't even made a single arrangement to relocate, haha.


In stanchart, but the technology side, handling projects for their wholesale banking. but like crapp0 said - no black and white, for all i know they'll come up with some reason why i should only be getting 48k p.a. on the letter

woohoo, got verbal confirmation of package, offer letter will come tomorrow. once i sign then HR gonna do EP application.

relocation benefits - 1 month stay, 1 month expenses paid, 1 container for shipping my stuff over.

other than that, base salary decent amount, target bonus ~2 months, CPF encashment cos i no PR (forgot how much ... I dunno what is CPF employer %'age).

Gonna be working in changi business park, any recommendations what areas to focus on in apartment rental search?

This post has been edited by deodorant: Apr 27 2011, 09:36 PM

Finance line


I'd rather have expat package but I not senior / in demand enough to get it ... so local package + relocation is OK I guess.


Thanks bro, will look around.


Other than flatsdb and iproperty, any other decent rental search places?

eh,

been looking around property websites, pasir ris/tampines, apartments seem to be around 2.0-2.5k sgd per month. pretty much that's the average price ... right?

only 50% leaking out?

My offer, also big MNC, gave me offer first and then they helping me apply EP (via some external vendor). However the offer letter states that the offer is contingent upon me getting an EP. So ... no difference?

Haha, typical huh? Previous experiences with guys in india office also give me the impression that most of them are NATO (no action talk only).

Anyways my EP application was done last Thursday, fingers crossed that it won't get rejected ...

I don't know about india indians in singapore, but in my experience working with the indians in india in my MNC, their concept of exaggeration is way beyond what malaysians are capable of. They've got this ability to talk as if they have superhuman powers but in reality can't deliver. And in concalls if you let them dictate the meeting, it'll be hours of talking and end up with nothing at the end of it.

Of course I'm generalizing from my personal viewpoints, your mileage may vary.

EP application been a week, no news from MOM yet ... hope I'll get some good news from them this week ...

Weeeee

Guys quick ques about cellphones. Malaysia you can convert a prepaid line to postpaid and keep same number. Singapore telcos also same? Any recommendation for provider? Will be in temporary accomodation for a couple of weeks.

[edit] also ... any comment on following housing areas: tampines, pasir ris, bedok? tampines/pasir ris seems to be similar pricing at sgd 2.2-2.6k for 1xxx sq ft HDB. Bedok seems way more exp at sgd 2+k for 600-700 sq ft apt - but company got feeder bus direct from bedok mrt to office.

This post has been edited by deodorant: May 26 2011, 12:18 AM

Malaysia can - I changed my hotlink to maxis postpaid like 2 years ago, kept same number.

Sigh sucks that Singapore can't do that ... I'd need a SG line ASAP but then I don't have proper address/whatever yet ... hurm ...

I don't see why you guys getting so worked up over an obvious trollbait post.

Anyway flight tickets booked, flying monday morning, then i can officially join the club liao

@Aloong: Thanks. eventually will need to switch to postpaid mostly for data for smartphones but that can come later

Stanchart, at the changi business park office. should be able to join the gathering haha.

epass application? if you/your company did it online it's supposed to be within 7 working days. mine took double that cos the lady handling my case screwed up somewhere and needed to clarify things twice with MOM, but their first response back to me was on the spot 7 days.

your friend currently working in SG? i recall reading in this thread earlier that you have to cancel EP with existing employer before you can apply for EP with new employer.

For my case, yes, employer is paying me additional employer CPF. But I don't know if it's standard practice or not.

Anyway I'm here! Company put me up in Grand Park City Hall hotel for a month while I look for a more permanent place to stay. Bought my ez link and starhub green (no micro sim so I had to buy scissors in carre4 and cut myself).

This post has been edited by deodorant: May 31 2011, 01:19 PM

yeah, stanchart. switching fields from ops to technology though.