can i tumpang this post? i'm also in a dilemma if i wanna go to SG or not for end of this year or next year.

my current pay in MY is about 25k and I've interviewed recently for a job exactly similar to what I'm doing now, just different firm and got an offer of about 15k SGD, I haven't negotiate for more yet, maybe can ask for 1k more. and i haven't try other firms which could prolly pay a bit more.

so the question is this, for my age of 31, the SGD offer is definitely above average pay in SG. and so does my malaysia salary, but i'm thinking about the long run and doubts on my head like:

1. annual increment in SG may be very little and promotion increment won't be as high as in MY
2. if i wanna buy a house or car in SG in future, it won't be cheap
3. i have a nice car and house in KL, but in sg, i have to stay in small unit of condo and take public transport (not sure if i am ready for this change)
4. i always believe that malaysia is a land of opportunities (one day i might meet the right person right time n boom gonna be very very super rich, but in SG, it will just gonna be working working and working to climb up the ladder only)

so above are my dilemma (point no.4 is the one that is really holding me back), but what is not my concern is that i'm not afraid of competing with the local sg peeps and the foreigners while working there.

would appreciate if someone can speak some sense to me and advices. thank you!

This post has been edited by callmecool: Aug 18 2022, 06:35 PM