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 Working in Singapore V20, All About Living in The Little Red Dot

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ThanatosSwiftfire
post Dec 21 2017, 02:43 PM

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QUOTE(sinned.dennis @ Dec 21 2017, 02:29 AM)
Hmm but when I look at the net take home salary, the RM pay looks pretty sad.

Net income after tax & EPF*

SGD: 5,200
MYR: 6,169

Currently in Msia, I have budgeted RM3,700 of monthly expenses. Taking the net income above, my excess for savings would be only RM2,469.

For the SG scenario, say I spend monthly about SGD2,000 monthly on accommodation (SGD800), food (SGD500), Transport (SGD100), phone (SGD100) and misc expenses (SGD500) plus about SGD700 of fixed expenses back in Malaysia, I would still have a net of SGD 2,500.

I understand that in Malaysia, there's the EPF portion that I do not see in my monthly net income, which comes to about RM2,000. This brings actual savings to about RM4,500. But cashflow wise, I am stuck with the RM2,469 monthly.

I actually prefer to stay in KL with my family, but looking at the SGD offer, it's hard to reject.

Role wise, by theory, the middle office role is a step up from the back office role in KL and with good working hours. But the role in KL is to transform a messed up department and possible long working hours (12-13hrs) with no OT, but I believe opportunity lies where there are shits to clean up  biggrin.gif
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foreign bank ah? might end up as my colleague tongue.gif
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post Dec 21 2017, 02:44 PM

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QUOTE(MunDsuM @ Dec 20 2017, 02:22 PM)
Thank. Are CPF contributed by employer taxable?
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If CPF - in cash. Yes. I paid a lot of taxes on them sad.gif


If you are a PR, and CPF is paid into yuour CPF acccount. No. Employer CPF is not taxed, and Employee CPF is in fact a deduction

For example : between me and my wife, because she is a PR and I am a foreigner, the difference in tax we pay is almost 4k SGD

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post Dec 28 2017, 01:26 PM

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QUOTE(M4A1 @ Dec 28 2017, 01:17 PM)
now punya bus where got toilet??? hmm.gif
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post Jan 7 2018, 08:14 PM

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QUOTE(strategist @ Jan 6 2018, 09:11 PM)
what are the chances for a foreigner to get a job in accounting, banking, consulting or finance? you know, some of the few industries every local Singaporeans want to get into....

also I heard Big 4 in SG rarely ever accept foreigners, is it true?

asking for my GF
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1. not bad. alot of malaysians in accounting and finance. consulting - got but less, most i know transferred from a consulting role in malaysia. banking - define what role in banking? asset managers, retail banking, corp banking, institutional stuff, or what. some easier, some hard.

2. big 4 accepts foreigners. just not at the fresh grad level (where they hire from their local uni first (SMU/NTU/NUS))
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post Jan 11 2018, 02:33 PM

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QUOTE(OldKidz @ Jan 11 2018, 10:44 AM)
EP renewal process is so fast? @_@

Great, thanks.
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No la. I think lately MoM is pushing alot of EPs to SPass, so I think its not so quick. My colleague took about two weeks from start to end
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post Jan 15 2018, 01:44 PM

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Sigh. Having a dispute with landlord agent. Sien....


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post Jan 15 2018, 02:32 PM

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QUOTE(air_ed20 @ Jan 15 2018, 01:53 PM)
just move la
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QUOTE(knwong @ Jan 15 2018, 02:16 PM)
Gaduh pasal apa?
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Move out d. Agent wanna be ngiao and wanna charge us things that are rightfully fair wear and tear.
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post Jan 15 2018, 05:45 PM

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QUOTE(Cokey @ Jan 15 2018, 05:32 PM)
Hi everyone, I am currently being paid RM5400 and got offer for SGD4200, should I make the move?
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Yes.
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post Jan 16 2018, 04:40 PM

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QUOTE(ik3da @ Jan 16 2018, 03:57 PM)
Left a bank contract role to a vendor perm role, but for some fcked up reason, my boss introduced me as a tech lead (to even hands-on review tech codes etc.) even though I said I am okay to go as a senior techno-functional BA only.

*FML.

P/S: Spoken to her bout this before but she said that it will be fine and deflected the conversation. *facepalm*
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That sounds like a dodgy vendor
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post Jan 17 2018, 05:37 PM

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what do u guys think of the minimum sum that is now $171k? ($181k by 2020)

good, bad, too high or too low?
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post Feb 1 2018, 12:27 PM

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@kiljim

im also in a tenancy dispute with my landlord at he moment.

pro tip for all new tenants, please ensure that your tenancy agreement does NOT have an arbitration clause as you have to first go through arbitration (which is expensive) before you can file a claim with the Small Claims Tribunals.
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post Feb 1 2018, 03:51 PM

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QUOTE(KilJim @ Feb 1 2018, 03:50 PM)
Whats the dispute on?
Come share share a bit
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deduction of rental deposit. charge me for stupid unreasonable stuff
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post Feb 8 2018, 03:52 PM

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dun get OT ;(
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post Feb 13 2018, 10:24 AM

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QUOTE(goodbrother @ Feb 13 2018, 03:32 AM)
Dear seniors,i got an offer in singapore but still waiting for ep appeal,May i know how is the ep approval rate for malaysian? HR says the very likely to be approved on the first appeal.
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if fail, then sounds like have to downgrade to s pass lor.
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post Feb 21 2018, 05:35 PM

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sigh feeling sad.

just got my increment and bonus letter and its lacklustre sad.gif

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post Feb 22 2018, 09:28 AM

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QUOTE(kevin613 @ Feb 21 2018, 05:41 PM)
look at the brighter side...
have increment and bonus is better than no increment and bonus liao...
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QUOTE(knwong @ Feb 21 2018, 07:17 PM)
How much?
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increment abt 2%.
bonus abt 1 mth.

i think its quite low la. a lot of my close friends seem to be getting 3-4% + 2 to 4 mths bonuses
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post Feb 22 2018, 10:07 AM

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QUOTE(morgana_jara @ Feb 22 2018, 09:53 AM)
You're still in your first commercial job now? Did you manage to get any promotion in the meantime? I heard that outside of promotion, increment in commercial sucks, hence that's why ppl always hop companies for the $$
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yea first commercial job. 4 years no promotion man. suck. balls
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post Feb 22 2018, 05:07 PM

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QUOTE(Fiona Chin @ Feb 22 2018, 04:29 PM)
Stagnant already la. Either climb up or continue surf lowyat at working hours.
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climbing up looks quite impossible. no vacancies at the VP level sad.gif


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post Feb 27 2018, 01:59 PM

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QUOTE(Hello54321 @ Feb 27 2018, 10:43 AM)
Hi need some advise, employment pass status pending since 1st of February 2018.
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1 mth is normal. wait ba
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post Mar 8 2018, 09:58 AM

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not that bad la. just need to learn abit of bohchapness like the locals then can d. my boss dun say anything i come in 9+ leave 5.30 with 2 hour lunch in between. we dun even talk that often unless got issue or client kick up a fuss.

get good at what you do, and be efficient!

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