Yes there are. There are some MNCs who encash the 17% employer portion as extra salary for foreigners. These ones will easily agree to graduated employee full employer once the FT becomes PR.

It's not a true downgrade, unless you're in the group of ppl who think that money in CPF = money lost to the government
If not it's just a difference between money in your bank account vs money in your CPF account

The most common salary declaration in Singapore is gross pay and that’s before CPF deductions. This figure remains the same, before and after getting PR.

Also, I will never divulge my current salary to my prospective employer. Your comments don’t seem to embody your username

I don’t know who you’ve been dealing with but all salaries advertised shouldn’t include EMPLOYERS’ 17% CPF contribution. When I see a job being advertised at $100K, it’s understood this is MY salary and they have to pay more to contribute to my CPF.

I will never consider a lower salary package just so that my employer can save a few dime to justify the additional CPF contribution on their part. After I get my PR, you have to pay 17% more, period.

Did your employer force you to take a pay cut after you got your PR? Or did somebody complaint that you’re more expensive because you’re a PR? Please avoid those companies.

You’re not doing yourself any favor in revealing your current salary. Prospective employers should pay you at the market rate and it’s their job to find that out. It doesn’t make sense for anybody to think that they’re being overpaid so it’s alright to disclose it.

Factors like family, earning potential, safety, political stability, spending power, taxation all these are never equal when you compare SG & MY

But since you asked for opinion provided all are equal, so it becomes clear just money SGD4k is the winner

Hi everyone, May I check with you which is your favourite/recommended bus to take from sg-kl? Thank you in advance 🙏