In dilemma of whether to pursue a potential life-changing career, or not.
27 this year, plan to stay at SG for another 3-4 years then go back Msia retire.

Not aiming to be very rich, I could live with rm10k passive income every month.


Current job:
IT developer at a foreign bank. Good pay + stable job + upcoming international business travel (solid for CV)
A little in comfort zone already.


Being hunted for:
Somewhat similar but slightly more on operational support role in Facebook.
Hop increment would be anywhere around 10 - 20%. (yes not that much)


Perks of switching:
- Better reputation
- Better culture and environment (current one is pretty good)
- Permanent (currently on annual contract)
- Free food all day long!
- Slightly better $$


Concerns of switching:
- Not that keen on operational role. Prefer to be active in development.
- Slightly limited career progression choices (compared to current job) should I decide to go back to bolehland.
- Workload and stress would be way higher than now.


What you guys think? I hope at least one person suggests me to stay.

Not exactly sacrifice.
It's still in the same domain/specialization.

Just that the focus of the role shifts slightly towards supportive works.
Hence the dilemma.

And it's Facebook.
If same role from other companies I wouldn't even consider.


Everything is in SGD.
Honestly I'm 40-60 in proceed-not proceed.

1.5 years, if working in niche specialization I'll ask for $4k.
If common stuff maybe $3.5k.

But of course expect to get less than what you ask for.
But then your spending will be in myr terms so even 3k you'll live like a king for people of your age.

Hey guys, quick one.

Is it advisable to tender resignation after accepting a job offer but before getting the EP approved?

I think you misunderstood.
Been working for 1y+ in current company and just gotten a new job offer.

Just wondering when to tender resignation, either now or wait for completion of new EP application.

Anyway, decided to tender now.

Hmmmmmmmmm.
Touch wood. Let me think.

Fully understand you guys' concern.

There's no written proof but I suppose it's faster/easier for P1 EP to get approved.

My current EP (P2) took 2-3 days from application to approval.

Curious how long it took for you?
Am applying for mine too.

Cool exactly as mentioned on MoM website, 7 work days.
Thanks and congratulations.

External contractor in European bank - 18 days.

Eh kasi intro next time.


Just got mine approved couple weeks back, took about 9-10 business days.
Here no few banking taikors.

That's too low.
For technical roles especially in IT you should get no less than 1:1.

What more a sr. tech lead.

I was drawing $5.5k with 3-4 years experience as a BI developer in a foreign bank, never OT everyday yumcha 3 times.

You really should just look for other companies, 6k for BI lead is waaaaay too low.

YMMV.
Yumcha 3x doesn't mean no stress.

Exactly.

On contrary the Filipinos are much better to work with.
My ex company is shifting their recruitment source there.

This post has been edited by V-Zero: May 18 2016, 03:22 PM

No need to.
5 days 9-6 job basically.

I stay there.

You have a big ass food court, jogging tracks, public swimming pool, national stadium with gym nearby.

Good place as long as its not too far from your workplace.

Guys, anyone doing BI/data warehousing keen to join Facebook? We're hiring.

https://www.facebook.com/careers/search/?q=...ation=singapore