Working Life in Singapore V2, FAQs, experience sharing, meet-ups
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 Dec 19 2008, 10:46 AM
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to all ladies and gents ere
first of all, i am really sorry if this is a double post, triple post because i do not have the luxury of time to go through...will need your URGENT advice! i have been offered thru a recruitment agency to work in Singapore for $2750...is that manageable in Singapore? please offer me your breakdown of expenses (e.g., food, accommodation and etc) |
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Dec 20 2008, 09:56 AM
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QUOTE(seantang @ Dec 19 2008, 11:44 AM) Why not? Lots of Singaporeans earn between 2-3K their entire lives. They seem to manage. WOW...!! Your budget is already a killer. With that, I do not think I can survive there.Thank you. I was asking because I am not aware of the living standards in Singapore. QUOTE(raZorblAde) please offer me your breakdown of expenses (e.g., food, accommodation and etc) Rental: $1200, taxis $800 (or car instalment/expenses $1500), meals $900... break your budget already... but if you don't like sharing toilet and don't like buses & trains... what to do... QUOTE(nicvoo @ Dec 19 2008, 11:47 AM) again these ppl r plain blind or lz or both I do apologise. I was offered, got kinda panicky, and with the lack of knowledge of things in Singapore, I needed to see the costs already. I did realise that the first post by the TS did say something about those things. Also, I wanted to gauge whatever comments or responses from any forumers here.the 1st post by ts dun even need to look already stated all the info from accomodation to transport to how to find accomodation n cpf n tax info so sumtime really  QUOTE(B-Mecha @ Dec 20 2008, 12:02 AM) IMO, NEVER go through recruitment agency to get a job. In my Ex company i got a singaporean colleague who join in and work like hell. He want to leave but cannot because in the contract with recruitment agency if he leave within 3 months he need to compensate money. depends on what job u get, 2750 can have pretty enjoyable life if u no need to feed family and loan (cars, house etc). I think your case exemplifies that everything should be kept to the absolute necessary. And I do appreciate your breakdown of expenses. Thank you.my basic expenses in singapore: income: sgd2000 room rental: sgd400 (including fees and internet) transportation: sgd100-150 (i rarely take taxi, MRT to work and bus if i'm lazy to walk to MRT). food: sgd500-700 (weekend usually have some better meal than usual) random expenses: sgd200 (buy clothes, toys, and other daily stuff) total: sgd1200 (min)/ sgd1450 leftover: sgd800(max) / sgd550(min) if dont simply buy things...actually can save quite a lot. i dont go clubbing etc so most of my expenses are on food...which need to control...the amount there is pretty scary liao...  change money? compare to JB, i would love to change in SG instead. the price is usually RM10-20 higher than JB (change base on sgd100).  |
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