Hi guys,

I am working as an accounts executive in a small local company in Singapore.

My working hours is from 8am to 6pm Mon to Sat. I have already signed the employment contract. My total working hours is 54 hours.

However I check the MOM guideline which states no employee shall be required to work for more than 8 hours a day or more than 44 hours in a week.

My question is can I tell my company that is illegal and I need not work on Saturday since my 54 hours already exceed the 44 hours rule? However I already signed the employment contract a few months back. This is the problem.

Thanks in advance. Hate to work on Saturdays.

Yeah what you say is true. Thanks for that.

It's just that this is not the only job that I work less than a year. In a way I really screw my resume. And becoz I am holding S Pass its not easy for me to find jobs since it will be given to locals first. And usually the jobs that I get can be very bad.

Right now I have to rethink about my plans.

Vincent,

I am just a low level accounts and not really a real certified accountant. Anyway most business needs accts ppl becoz u need to know how much profit u r making and calculate wages.

Anyway there are regulations to submit ur company accounts to the government.

Why is it hard to work in Big 4 especially in SG?
They are perpetually hiring.
Last I heard from my intern, they hired everyone who applied in his class.
I think its KPMG.
Neway auditors are in short supply in SG.
I always thought those Big 4 would grab as many as they possibly can get their hands on since the turnover rate is quite high.
Unless, of course, your petty with this and that.

very extreme working hours

very extreme working hours

Wait a minute...
Aren't you the one who said that your current company has a going concern and might bankrupt soon and you don't want to stick around for that to happen?
Aren't you the one who said that its difficult finding another job?

The Big 4 will be a good choice then.
As long as you're willing to work in teams that have crappy bosses, long hours and no one else wants to join, I don't foresee a reason that they would not want to hire you.

Afterall, you don't have much of a choice and at least a Big 4 on your CV looks better than trying to explain the unemployment gap in your CV

Wait a minute...
Aren't you the one who said that your current company has a going concern and might bankrupt soon and you don't want to stick around for that to happen?
Aren't you the one who said that its difficult finding another job?

The Big 4 will be a good choice then.
As long as you're willing to work in teams that have crappy bosses, long hours and no one else wants to join, I don't foresee a reason that they would not want to hire you.

Afterall, you don't have much of a choice and at least a Big 4 on your CV looks better than trying to explain the unemployment gap in your CV

Wait a minute...
Aren't you the one who said that your current company has a going concern and might bankrupt soon and you don't want to stick around for that to happen?
Aren't you the one who said that its difficult finding another job?

The Big 4 will be a good choice then.
As long as you're willing to work in teams that have crappy bosses, long hours and no one else wants to join, I don't foresee a reason that they would not want to hire you.

Afterall, you don't have much of a choice and at least a Big 4 on your CV looks better than trying to explain the unemployment gap in your CV

Not really.
Managers also depends on the company and team.
My ex is also a manager for one of the big 4 and she works crazy hours too.
She believes in leading by example, something I don't believe in.

HR doesn't make the decision on who to hire. The hiring manager does.

Thanks.

I'm actually as front office/customer facing/rain making as a finance person in a MNC can get... doing business partnering accountable for profitability.. But am in one those "developmental" roles in  fast growing biz units & geographies  where every US or European finance person hoping to escape to Asia, will  target my role in their development plan. My survival depends very much on the survival of my sponsors and supporters in the new global mgt team.

aihhh

Food : Malaysia obviously better so I won't comment much liao
Car : I'm sick of taking the public transportation (b4 going to SG I used to work in Cyberjaya, 100% traffic clear.. no jam at all, vrooom highway saja)
Family : they're here
Friends : they're here too
My hse : my big house is so comfortable here whereelse in SG I cram myself in a small room

my previous company outsource everything to India & China liao and I resigned coz I don't agree with the relocation package and new job role. Currently still job hunting

the only thing SG attracts me is the money only

Food : Sg is not much diff compare to M'sia, but even cheaper if u do not convert the currency
Car : No need car in SG. Public transportation in SG is unlike M'sia ones, theirs are much more on time. I seem to find jams in Sg more manageable compare to KL jams.
Family : Definitely in M'sia
Friends : Part of them in M'sia, part of them in Sg
House : Thats the sad part. Double storey house and big room in M'sia, but small HDB room with prices like SGD of 700 and above at prime areas.

Well said that $$ is the only thing that attracts. Which is also the only thing that cased many to actually flock to Sg.
To be honest, if M'sia was doing a little better in its economy, say closing in the currency gap, who'd rather work in Sg compare to our homeland? All of us have no choice but to bear with the Sg cultural shock and the living environment and lifestyle in SG. I've decided to finally make my move after 5 years of working in Malaysia and seeing no future to it. My friends who started out in Sg already has more than SGD 50k savings and I don't even have RM 30k to begin with, many of them are eyeing on property investments in M'sia and I don't even think of owning a property in M'sia. This is so sad.

Well, I have a 2nd hand car to begin with, need to pay parents, insurance, handphone, room rental, what else is left?
As an engineer, u will be earning peanuts everywhere in malaysia unless u r in oil and gas.

how long been hunting? even if you put singapore address, you need to put singapore phone number, because logically speaking, you have singapore address but no singapore contact number, does not make sense at all

I'd be very,.. very,.. surprised if anyone in this forum comes from a Top 10 business school. Actually I'd be surprised if anyone in this forum is a personal friend of someone from a Top 10 business school.

You have to put it into perspective.

The Harvard-NUS MBA or Insead Singapore MBA will trade at a discount to a Harvard US MBA or Insead France MBA. No doubt about it.

But then, I would rather get Harvard-NUS or Insead SG in my resume rather than spending a year or two in University of Bath or Herriot Watt or what not, to do a full time MBA.