demand and supply, is no secret

in malaysia
less demand for my profession and old guy sitting in the top snr management dun budge
pratically reach the pinacle of the industry and and i look this and say "wth" i need to quee and wait for them to die of old age then only my turn
so i get out and start from sg bottom, same shit "no sg experince bla bla bla".... and wat have we here
more co opening up, with more demand, less supply

voila no magic, just demand and supply

yes manage to save abit, cause of dual income, my wife is earning equally well

This post has been edited by ivanswk: Apr 9 2013, 03:56 PM

He will incur the same expenses in Malaysia, won't he?

The fact is, even if I spend S$1 for every RM I would have spent in KL,.. my remaining S$ savings would be worth 2.5X each RM I save in KL.

IMO, as long as your S$ income is about 0.7 of the RM income, S$1 for RM1, you're pretty much saving more while generally maintaining the same level of lifestyle. (Note that I don't use same "quality" of lifestyle... because some people just place a lot of value on houses rather than condos, and on having wide open spaces to do nothing).

This post has been edited by seantang: Apr 9 2013, 03:59 PM

May I know which profession are you in ? Cheers.

I think $1750 a bit low for shift work. Any other allowances on top of that ?

never really had a 'proper' job in Msia before, just some temp jobs here and there before working in Sg. I'm totally clueless about the work cultures in Msia but judging from most of the postings here, guess Sg still have an advantage.

Can I know what kind of advantage working in Spore ? Thanks.

Dear sifu,WTA
What is the pro and cons working in singapore, can save money more than i am working in Malaysia (3.4 k per month)

Any input on why choosing SG instead of other places like Aust, Japan, US, Europe where the money should be better than SG?

some of them, rate base on USD.. and just need to spend on food only..

I chose SG because I can drive back to KL anytime.. Scuba diving at Malaysia.. bla bla..

Thanks for the info.
Found out from HR that if issue LOC for a dependent pass holder, it is tied to the spouse's EP. So if the EP is cancelled, LOC is also cancelled.

Pros working in SG:

- save more money in RM
- more buying power in Malaysia
- better public transport system & environment
- cheaper internet & mobile phone

Cons working in SG:

- your paid will be much less then $3.4k, probably SGD$2.5-2.8k
- quite impossible to own a car in SG
- super high room rental SGD500-1000 (depends location) in Malaysia you could rent a Apartment/House
- working as foreigner in SG (SG ppl always look down on us & discriminate Malaysian)
- much competitive working environment & demanding (may work >12 hours a day, no work life balance)

this 2 points are not valid. Singaporeans look at Malaysians as their brothers or sisters. to them , Malaysian is not that foreign. they only look down on PRC, Pinoy and Bangla.

work environment really depends, many of those here in this forum work less than what you have mentioned. Some even work only 8-12 days per month. can ask Mackiddo to clarify this.

regarding the statement in red
have u been looked down upon directly and how...not including forum rants and others as keyboard warriors are everywhere.
how easy do u think one can really differentiate between a m'sian and singaporean just by appearance
i have been mistaken as a singaporean for numerous times.
at my work place...i think 80-90% are not singaporeans...maybe 5% or less are born a singaporean

Means my decision to stay in Malaysia and work after graduated is right. The main problem is to get a high pay job like 2.5 SGD

is 2.5k high? for freshie definitely yes.

but if u r experienced, then it's not.

it actually boils down to how much is ur expenditure compared to ur income

if u earn 1.7k, expenditure at 1k u can save 700 easily.

but if u earn 3.5k, but u spend 3.2k, u can only save 300.

totally depends on individuals....

Yes, it really depends on which sector, what I mention is finance & accounting & admin. Sorry for offended.


Probably most are lucky to join the sector which most are Malaysian and less demanding job. As you mention, your work place majority are Malaysian, who else to discriminate you??

But is really arguable, anyone could be wrong.

Conclusion is really depends what you want & what sector you join.

This post has been edited by seantang: Apr 9 2013, 05:57 PM

I don't kena discriminatd by any singaporean as some even mistake me as singaporean, so your look down issue is invalid unless you alway offended them with"you singaporean wat wat, i malaysian wat wat" that kind of thing only will make ppl discriminate you, but not malaysian.

work life balance? my work life balance is very good, is depend on one how to manage it.

Last time they look at us differently to separate them from us. Now they are "invaded" by the new batch, so they kind of gang up with Malaysians because we are more similar to resist the so called threat. If everything can go back to normal, start the old way again. You can notice this trend in most things, politics, social circle, work space etc.

To foreigners we are very similar. But to local, Malaysian talk with a different slang, dress different, use different things. A fresh Malaysian can be easily noticeable. For Malaysians we are also different. Say if you are local PG, and u can tell which ppl, say KL, is not from PG. But a foreigner can't tell because they don't know the local culture. Those old one who are infected by local cultures are harder to be differentiate.