Thanks. I've made up my mind to go.

This post has been edited by yixings: May 23 2006, 10:13 AM

its up 2 u leh.
u must consider also working environment,place to live,etc.

4,200 is hardly enough for a good living in singapore

but if u are still single, and young, then it's a good chance. i mean, there's lots of happening stuff down south.

4,200 may get you a good lving space with MRT access and a good clubbing life during weekends. but dun expect to have own transport.

For ur salary range,
I believe you have a decision making skill that is wise enough to make this decision. If not the salary range, the position alone shows u can.

Gambatte

lucifah,

Did you work in S'pore before?
I'm thinking from the point of Pachasing Parity Index.
e.g. if I want to buy a plasma TV, it will cost me 1-2 months salart here. Over there, it is only 0.5-1month.

And talk about car, recent rise in petrol really take out allot of my expenses.
------------------M'sia----------------------S'pore
Toyota VIOS---RM90k--------------------S$75k + COE
Broadband-----RM88(1M)-----------------S$43(1.5M)
Meal(Hawker)--RM5-----------------------S$5
Room Rental---RM350 (KL)---------------S$500

Looks like cost of living in S'pore isn't really that high afterall. Above is just information I collected. Perhaps I've overlooked something important that I need to consider?

This post has been edited by yixings: May 11 2006, 05:20 PM

Are you looking at this from a money perspective or in terms of career prospects?

You need to know then it will help with your decision factor.

Thanks. I think more on $$$ perspective. As for career wise, I can learn something new that I couldn't find in local market, but I've got no knowledge about the promotional/increment opportunity of the new company.

But sounds to me that the increment in S'pore might be slower compared to here, for my industry.

This post has been edited by yixings: May 11 2006, 05:37 PM

living in singapore is not that expensive. but just remember, buying property or owning a car in singapore is quite high. not to mention that most roads have their own toll.

and do bear in mind, broadband in singapore means no p2p, no piracy and no kiddie porns. the police will knock on your door even when u just trasnferred a 500mb+ file on msn - yes, it's true.

no, i never worked in singapore, but my uncle stayed there for donkye years oledi - has pr status. nice place though. a very different and modern place from it neigbhor - malaysia

I guess it depends where you want to settle down.

I'm around the same range as you and if I were you, I'll stick to the job in Malaysia. At this level, it is risky to job hop very much already. I don't think company sales really matter very much to me.. as long as I see there are opportunity to grow. Some companies make lots of money but is very stingy.

But senior to junior is a demotion to me and even the pay is a decrease. Just because it is in Sing dollars, dollar for dollar.. it is still a decrease.

However, if you feel you are not going anywhere with your current job, you should leave. Keep in mind that the higher up you go, jobs are still available but it might take time.

Also need to consider if you have a family.. where you plan to stay, your current commitments, etc. You're not only changing jobs, but changing the country you will live in, so think harder.. even though Singapore is just nearby.

Thanks. I don't have much commitment at present stage. Yeah, company sales doesn't meant much. I was told that if dollar to dollar, my present salary should be in managerial level. Can anyone tell me that the offer is it inline with the market average?

yeah dude... based on ur salary range i believe u r good enuf to make the decision urself... jus u need some ..hmm... maybe a bit more confident to push urself to make the decision ? guess only though....

as for me, singapore isnt a good place to challege urself so i will rather stay in malaysia rather than singapore... malaysia is not well establish yet so there is still lots of things out here waiting for u to explore^^

jus my 2 cents thought

You're right. I just lacked of confident for final push. I wish to get some first hand experience, perhaps negative one, to make up my mind.

Why do you think S'pore isn't a good place to challenge onself? I thought it would be more competative, as lots of expatriates working there?

Thanks anyway.

Hmm, I would consider going to Singapore for a fresh start. I'm sure you get to experience a different working environment and there would be loads of things to learn.

About salary wise, depends on the life style you want though however, I have seen someone working with $2000 survive in Singapore, so I don't think its any big deal, depends whether you want to live frugally or not.

Well, in short I would really suggest you to go ahead and looking at the current state of Malaysia, I would say go ahead

*Don't take my advice too seriously though, just take it as an opinion as I still lack experience in the working world.

This post has been edited by Geminist: May 12 2006, 03:53 PM