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| Income and Jobs Discuss jobs, career options and of course salaries |
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| 26-09-2013 05:30 PM | ||
| Tibbsy |
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Im not so up on work here as I work in the States (online) all my clients are there. I personally would never work for a thai company. I could sit here and ridicule the Thais but you need to be here to understand the ethics of how they think and operate. Corruption is rife, and they would steal your eye brows if you fell asleep in the park. (again I dont mean to be slagging them off) but its true. I just would not work for a Thai. Im sure if you google some jobs you will find plenty in your professions. |
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| 26-09-2013 05:22 PM | ||
| Unregistered |
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I know this might sound absurd to many in here, but I am quite sold on the idea of low cost living and the slack attitude towards life aka sabai sabai. I reckon I can blend in easier into the crowd being asian if I dont open my mouth and speak though I know alittle bit of thai. Who knows, I might just marry a decent Thai lady and settle down there. What are ur views and opinions on this? |
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| 26-09-2013 05:08 PM | ||
| Tibbsy |
guys your info is really helpfull, i would be glad to help anyone interested in Thailand. Dont ever take one mans opinion. I guess after all these years im just sick of it here. life is an adventure after all. but it has changed here a LOT! as for my lifestyle expectations in SG, well all I do here is maybe go to the gym, work from home and play Xbox online. with the new PS4 and a good gym in SG I will be fine. I love to go fishing and already looked at SG, and looks awesome. Im not a clubber or fancy restaurant person, happy to eat vendor food (especially if its indian!!) . I do enjoy a few beers and see that its expensive, but that may well be a blessing in disguise. if you have any specific questions about thailand, pm me and i will be glad to help. |
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| 26-09-2013 05:02 PM | ||
| Tibbsy |
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Ive looked at renting in the burbs, I think we will be ok, 4k is the absolute lowest im working too. It would be more but i just want to make sure that if it comes down to that, we can survive. Im not comparing Thailand what so ever, i know the difference in price will be mammoth, but i grew up in london and its just the same there. No money no life. |
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| 26-09-2013 04:59 PM | ||
| Unregistered |
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Now you have made further clarifications on ur income and no kids, 7k+ is a pretty good figure to settle down here comfortably if u ask me. Again, you need to state ur lifestyle for better advices and some adjustments might need to be made considering the cost of living. There's a popular expat forum that you can google to seek further advice. From a local perspective on social living in singapore, as much as there is no denial towards anti-foreigner sentiments towards mainly pinoy/indian/china expats, as a caucasian, you should be fairly ok. Since this is a forum for sharing information, maybe you can share with us the first-hand view on living conditions in Thailand and what other jobs can an expat do besides the usual teaching or business owner roles. Ps. I guess ur sick of hearing kup here and there after 10 years. hahah |
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| 26-09-2013 04:56 PM | ||
| Tibbsy |
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| 26-09-2013 04:55 PM | ||
| Unregistered |
You guys do love your cats alot! I think one of the main expenses is your housing. Get a sense of the housing rental market by going to propertyguru.com.sg. You can either rent private condos or public housing (HDB in short) In SG, food (hawker centres) and public transport is generally cheap. But pls dont compare with Thailand! From there, you should have a gauge of how much is needed to stay comfortably and work it bottoms up. The median household income is about SGD 60k p.a. so that gives you a rough idea of what is required for an average standard of living. Hope this helps. |
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| 26-09-2013 04:52 PM | ||
| Unregistered |
Due to draconian laws unfortunately cats are not allowed in government HDB flats. If you wanna bring your cats it will be recommended to rent a small condo unit preferably somewhere far from the city centre to keep costs down. Which part of Thailand are you staying currently? The expats in my company LOVE thailand and hope to be posted there next. Bangkok specifically. |
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| 26-09-2013 04:22 PM | ||
| Tibbsy |
yeah im reading that, tbh she should be able to secure 6 to 8k a month going on a recent international school salary we saw. I also have about 3k a month coming in so it would be more like 7k a month. we dont have any kids, just ourselves  the only reason we have to come to SG is that we are heading to Australia, but due to quarantine regulations we cannot import our cats from Thailand to oz, we have to spend at least 6 months in SG for them to be able to go to OZ. so we decided to spend 2 years in SG if she can find the right school. its all a bit daunting! i work from home, but would like to do some part time work if its there, so again this would be on top of what we earn. thx for your replies guys |
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| 26-09-2013 04:16 PM | ||
| Darkzi0n |
it would help if u can share wat kind of lifestyle u are expecting or currently having... while 4k per month is enough for a family with no children to survive... u cant expect it to support an extravagant lifestyle... perhaps not even an above average one... car is most probably out of the equation.. housing loan/rent alone may take up 25% or more of the 4k. Basically, singapore might not be the place u wan to live n work in unless u r extremely rich (singapore is a tax haven for the rich) or u r from an extremely poor country, here to work n remit money back to support ur family back home. just my 2 cents. |
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