that place is like United Nation, with ppl from various countries, predominated by Bangla. Lot's of cheap food there.

First year here. When can I expect the Tax filing letter from IRAS? I recalled received one letter asking me to expect it.

I thought medical checkup is paid by the employer?   

"A bird in hand is better than two in the bush" 

My advise is take the first job. Settle down first, then only look for other jobs if this one does not go well.

If you screw up A and B can't get the EP for you, then you will still be jobless in SG.

I know a guy selling beer for corperate client. Karaoke, drinking session is part of his jobs. On company account.

Pepsi drinking session? Better insure more for diabete. Kidding.

Sutera Utama is a nice place. Plenty of good food nearby. Got hypermarket like Giant, Jusco & Tesco. Very close to Bkt Indah exit.

It should be EDL my friend.. Cannot blame them.. This is Malaysia.. What u expect.. Moreover the road is build on a flyover. So with the condition offered I am very satisfied. Has been using it to and flow from work since Sunday night when it 1st open to traffic.

When there's a long weekend. The q should be pretty bad. Unless you are lucky.

I think tonite and sunday is going to be bad. Cheng beng?

The fact that you "need" 2 days notice means that interviewing you entails pre-scheduling everyone involved with your interview at least 3-4 days ahead. The initial interview should be easy to set but if changes are needed (one of the interviewers need to travel etc), the rescheduling can more painful than anyone wants to deal with.

Just last week, my office had a candidate come in for interview. Apparently his uni told him they had scheduled it with us. But there was nobody to interview him. People had already left for The long weekend. Obviously there was a screw up somewhere along the line. So one of us simply took him to the Starbucks nearby, bought him a coffee and chatted a while etc etc. luckily he was a local, so no huge problem. Imagine of he was from KL or worse Penang or Ipoh and had to take 2-3 unpaid days leave to come to Sg... it would have really sucked to be him.

But the real fact is, its existed. Your company is really good as salary scales are same, but some companies out there are not. Even bunch of my friends who are Singaporean citizen can't believe this as well after what his colleague who is a PR has faced throughout the problem. I hate to say this though but this is really true. I do believe there is discrimination within some companies. Maybe the reason you all don't feel it is because the company kept this problem really well and its a well reputation companies as well. Foreigners being more desperate, yes i truly agree, but the case i've seen, its not due to lower pay, in fact is really somehow like discrimination.

But the real fact is, its existed. Your company is really good as salary scales are same, but some companies out there are not. Even bunch of my friends who are Singaporean citizen can't believe this as well after what his colleague who is a PR has faced throughout the problem. I hate to say this though but this is really true. I do believe there is discrimination within some companies. Maybe the reason you all don't feel it is because the company kept this problem really well and its a well reputation companies as well. Foreigners being more desperate, yes i truly agree, but the case i've seen, its not due to lower pay, in fact is really somehow like discrimination.

After working in SG since 1992, I don't think there is a fixed salary here. It all depends on how you negotiate with your boss on the salary.

Discrimination is always there and they will try to get away with it. Government link companies have a more stable pay system.

Sean, you are from a GLC perhaps? I do agree there are still some good paying private companies who are pretty fair in terms of pays.

Sure deal. Np. Now pls spit it out....

Come to my badminton coaching for this 'hit back' extra tips.

Guy, may I know how much average basic salary for a service engineer in semiconductor field? Thanks.

^ yah settle yourself down first, get place and live for few month 
maybe u the one who broke down then your GF dun need to sacrifice her job and come rite 
or new gf in SG, then 

Are there anyone who has actually gone from Singapore to Malaysia? Can tell me what would the salary change be like? Say I am earning 5k in SG. I go back to Malaysia. How much do u think I would earn?

Vincent,

Position is Qs, benefits wise, no difference between office based or site based right ?

Thanks !

A Linkedin contact sent this to me looking for candidates. Not a bad paying position in a fairly interesting industry (esp if you're a car enthusiast). If anybody's interested, PM me your Linkedin profile and I'll put you in contact with the recruiter. The chap mentioned that it was urgent,.. so chances to get at least a call to chat should be high.

This is a senior exec/junior manager role.

It only reports to the controller, so the business unit won't be huge. But the beauty of business partnering jobs is the involvement with and exposure to people who actually run the business.

No supply chain. Not my area.

for those who need to transfer bulk SGD to RM, the rate is going up but some money changer with old stock still offer 2.42 yesterday. I hope I can change it at 2.5 this year.

http://business.asiaone.com/Business/News/...413-339396.html

What kind of work permit does a Malaysian citizen need to do 10 weeks for an internship in SG? How long does it take to obtain such a permit and what are the requirements?

Also, what are the living costs, for 3 months/10 weeks in SG? If one rents?

2.5 by end 2012! i say very much possible!!! if BN fare badly aft election, 2.6 oso do-able lo.
anyway, current jb ex-change at 2.432

Thanks for the replies guys.
I see. Well you know how big firms are like. They expect everything that can be done by the student to already have been done by the student. I would expect nothing less. Of course they will entertain discussions pertaining to work permits that they are ultimately responsible for acquiring.

SGD 400 is per week? How much would I need for food and transport?
I see. Thanks.