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With the economy slowing, some companies should have made freezes to headcount already. Anybody heard of hiring freeze either from their companies or from the market?

Originally Posted by Hiring Freeze

With the economy slowing, some companies should have made freezes to headcount already. Anybody heard of hiring freeze either from their companies or from the market?

F and b still hiring aggressively. Manpower shortage.

I want to retire at 55.
My home is paid up.
I have $500k cash savings.
This cash to spend between 55 and 65.
I will spend $1.5k pm for food, insurance and utilities. $180k over 10 years.
At 65, I will get my CPF Life, $2k pm for the rest of my life.
I lead a simple life.
No car, eat cheap and healthy.

I have many things I want to do during retirement.
No need to spend much money.
I like to read. Can go library. Free.
I like to jog. Free.
I like to go to the park and exercise. Free.
I like to watch movies. Not free but can afford.

Can I retire at 55?
Any advice?
Thank you.

Can retire. Cos your expenses not high.

Just remember to stay healthy as medical bills can be very very high.

Take care!

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I want to retire at 55.



My home is paid up.
I have $500k cash savings.
This cash to spend between 55 and 65.
I will spend $1.5k pm for food, insurance and utilities. $180k over 10 years.
At 65, I will get my CPF Life, $2k pm for the rest of my life.
I lead a simple life.
No car, eat cheap and healthy.

I have many things I want to do during retirement.
No need to spend much money.
I like to read. Can go library. Free.
I like to jog. Free.
I like to go to the park and exercise. Free.
I like to watch movies. Not free but can afford.

Can I retire at 55?
Any advice?
Thank you.

You can surely retire. $500k is a lot of money to spend over 10 years. Most likely you will not spend that much. The most $300k over 10 years. So you can keep the $200k. Your cpf life gives $2k pm, that’s a lot for one retired person if you spend wisely. Don’t splurge on unnecessary stuff. You can cook simple meals too. Cheap to cook yourself. So go ahead and retire at 55! You are successful! Retirement is all about your lifestyle. If you eat at restaurants every day, drive a car and go for holidays every 3 months, then even $20k pm is not enough for retirement. Lol.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I want to retire at 55.
My home is paid up.
I have $500k cash savings.
This cash to spend between 55 and 65.
I will spend $1.5k pm for food, insurance and utilities. $180k over 10 years.
At 65, I will get my CPF Life, $2k pm for the rest of my life.
I lead a simple life.
No car, eat cheap and healthy.

I have many things I want to do during retirement.
No need to spend much money.
I like to read. Can go library. Free.
I like to jog. Free.
I like to go to the park and exercise. Free.
I like to watch movies. Not free but can afford.

Can I retire at 55?
Any advice?
Thank you.

Hi! I´m interested in applying for the programmer position i this company called "NewTech", and i wanted to know if any of you guys knows or have worked in this company. I would like to know how is it, payment or any info you could give me. Apreciate any help

If you meen "NewTech Programming & Consulting", I think I'm your guy. I worked there as an IT Engineer and I have nothing but good reviews. Is a great place if your looking for working in the latest advances of programing in general, and when it comes to payment, I can tell you is better than other average companies. 100% Recomended

Originally Posted by David_Olesh

Hi! I´m interested in applying for the programmer position i this company called "NewTech", and i wanted to know if any of you guys knows or have worked in this company. I would like to know how is it, payment or any info you could give me. Apreciate any help

If you meen "NewTech Programming & Consulting", I think I'm your guy. I worked there as an IT Engineer and I have nothing but good reviews. Is a great place if your looking for working in the latest advances of programing in general, and when it comes to payment, I can tell you is better than other average companies. 100% Recomended

Am really interested in getting a side income.

Currently working on a full time job overseas in Europe. Normal paycheck - about 4-5k per month (converted to sgd).

0 investments: i have a few fixed savings bonds paying couple of %s (here in european banks). I only understand stock markets as something you hold long term, like >5 years, and Im not sure how much you can even get after 5 years say if you invest 5k in a well performing stock...and dividend paying stocks, do they break even from broker fees and etc?

Right now just saving...very conservative, very cash rich but almost no returns. Not sure if i want to invest in a property and try to get rental income...

Feel like starting somewhere - for those in similar circumstances, any advice?

Guess who she voted for and who she will continue voting for?
Stupidity is is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.

s://.businesstimes.com.sg/brunch/no-more-laughing-their-way-to-the-bank

SAT, OCT 12, 2019 - 5:50 AM

When Lim Cheng Kee, 49, was laid off from her risk and compliance job at Deutsche Bank in August 2018 after more than 10 years in the industry, it was a blow that she did not see coming. Hers was one of the more than 7,000 roles that the German lender had cut worldwide. "Hiring and firing seems quite common in the banking world but I just didn't expect it to happen to me so fast," she tells The Business Times. "I knew that roles like operations, back office and IT jobs are being outsourced to lower-cost countries, but I didn't think that risk and compliance would be on the chopping block."

She was part of the global team and looked after the Asia Pacific region, talking to internal stakeholders and conducting records risk assessments to evaluate if they meet regulatory requirements, as well as implementing a risk and compliance framework.

Describing her previous role as particularly niche, she believes that is partly why she has not managed to secure a job since then. It is not a case of being picky: "I am open to all industries and have applied for risk and compliance roles, including financial compliance," she says.

More than one year on, Ms Lim is still taking on temp jobs such as book keeping - she is a trained accountant - and being a receptionist to keep busy.