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Originally Posted by Unregistered

Oh

No need ask employer is it?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Oh

No need ask employer is it?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

You must be local without many PR friends.

You don’t need to rely on the employer beyond proof of employment in your PR application.

Your seniors and managers have NO LINK to your PR application.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I noticed those malaysian working as audit manager are always very afraid of not being meeting deadlines?

Is it because they have other agenda like wanting the employer to help them apply PR status in Singapore?

Also they seem like priority the audit job above the welfare of the staff?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I was one of those AAA students who applied for Accounting in 2015 but only joined in 2017 due to NS. I blame it on my lack of awareness and motivation during NS that I was unaware that Accounting became a sh1+ course over that short period. Ended up joining audit following the typical route that most ppl take.

Spent 3 years in EY and got my CA. Throughout the 3 years I was very unmotivated due to the low pay and bad wlb. However, I learnt a few impt workplace skills that helped me to survive the 3 years and even got 1 year of high performer (lol). The most impt one I learnt from my ex-senior is “Manage upwards”. Set your expectations with your bosses and set up boundaries. I know it is easier said than done with all those b4std managers in EY but you need to take a step away from work and reconsider your life priorities. This is just a job, nothing worth sacrificing your health for!

On the issue of msians working in audit in SG, I feel that it is a normal business decision needed for audit firms to even operate. However, they do get the short end of the stick when moving on to other non-audit roles. So as local grads in the accounting profession, make use of the advantage you have and leave when the time is right. We may have made a bad decision studying accounting but we can still make better decisions going forward.

Okay not even sure what I wanted to say anymore but 加油把公司干倒闭！

Originally Posted by Unregistered

When did you grad? I grad about a decade ago and didn’t see this good opps lol
And I think a correction, good with numbers go to med AND law, and then those who didn’t make it come to accounting

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Not OP, but I'll add my 2 cents. CS jobs paid like crap before the pandemic. It's the course to take if you can't study. Data and business analysts weren't as cushy as it is now. You either take accounting if you're good with numbers or law if you aren't if you want to afford a condo even though you're not super brilliant.

Exits for auditors back then is quite good. My batchmates went to investment banking, strategy and management consulting, corporate banking, senior FP&A analyst, risk analyst, research analyst, and so forth which paid very well and they're already hitting 5 figures after barely a few years into their career. Obviously consulting is dead at the moment so that's already one lucrative exit gone.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Not OP, but I'll add my 2 cents. CS jobs paid like crap before the pandemic. It's the course to take if you can't study. Data and business analysts weren't as cushy as it is now. You either take accounting if you're good with numbers or law if you aren't if you want to afford a condo even though you're not super brilliant.

Exits for auditors back then is quite good. My batchmates went to investment banking, strategy and management consulting, corporate banking, senior FP&A analyst, risk analyst, research analyst, and so forth which paid very well and they're already hitting 5 figures after barely a few years into their career. Obviously consulting is dead at the moment so that's already one lucrative exit gone.