I have worked in 2 fortune 500 MNCs, both also never give 16%. you are quite lucky.

You can consider opening in ocbc. For their ocbc 360 account they give you 1% interest if you credit your salary.

For WiFi you have to subscribe though telco. Performance will be similar to 3g/4g you get on your phone. OK for streaming video but If u want play game may have latency issue. I doubt your landlord will let you subscribe land line as cabling work is required

Calculate your expenses in SG, see how much you save and see whether its worth it or not. 2k sgd is a bit tough in SG if you plan to rent a room here IMO.

My hr said her record is approve 2 hour after submission

Read the T&C. It will state the speed to international sites

You sure they will pay your cpf portion if you not pr? Most companies don't do that

Most companies do not pay the cpf portion (in cash) to non pr. However last I heard is big 4 do give non pr the additional 17% in cash. Not sure about smaller accounting firms

This post has been edited by orangbulu: Jan 20 2015, 11:19 AM

Degree from where? You are being chopped. 2.2K SG is Diploma Pay

Did you check immediately? Takes 1 working day to update he system

Problem is a lot of Singaporean companies rate Malaysia local degrees as equal to poly. So unless you are overseas grad, local 1st class honour student from Bigger Unis like UM, or foreign uni set up in Malaysia, its very hard to get 3k.

I would think that Poly grads with science/ finance based diploma should start with 2.2-2.4k.

1.8k is really chopping you IMO. You roughly to spend 600-700 on rental, 300-400 on food, 50-100 on transport, and 30-50 on phone.

Whether being a muslim would affect your life in Singapore really depends on you. For example there are halal stores in most hawker centres, but the utensils might be mixed with other stalls. If you want to have lunch with your colleagues, be prepared to share a table with them even though they order pork. If you are not willing to "compromise" then you can be prepared to be quite lonely during non working hours/ lunch time.

Mosques may be located further away from your office, and dont expect that you can take 3-4 hours off every Friday to go for your prayers + snake.

This post has been edited by orangbulu: Jan 30 2015, 09:44 PM

We are getting a rebate on our income tax this year. 50% off capped at 1k

www.channelnewsasia.com/mobile/latestnews/budget-2015-50-rebate-on/1674844.html

Think it's 30. Anyway if it's expiring u can just go jb and come back in again. As long as you do not stay more that 60 out of the past 90 days you are fine

35.8

You can report them to Ministry of manpower, they are not supposed to do that. However it means that you probably wont get hired.

I don't think you need another medical check up if you did within one year. There is a statement in the letter you can check it. I remember I wasted money doing the check before I saw the statement

If i remember correctly you need to get your employer to sign a form verifying that you are still in the company. The document requirements are listed in the letter you will received, and is very detailed.

Use your contract position as a stepping stone to a better company. The hardest part is getting your first job in singapore. I was a contract staff for my first job for 2 years. Then I changed company and applied for my pr

Depends what kind of lifestyle you want. If you want to survive only confirm can.

But their CPF is stuck in Singapore till 55? Not worth it i think.

You will get your PR/ Work permit revoked.