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by Makan24-7
Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:17 pm
Forum: Careers & Jobs in Singapore
Topic: How badly have you had your comp packages "trimmed"?
Replies: 0
Views: 1863

How badly have you had your comp packages "trimmed"

With the way companies are performing to the Street's expectations by meeting targets through cost cutting and not supported by revenue growth, a fair number of us have had to make sacrifices and in a couple of extreme cases, justified our existence by foregoing almost all of the benefits that come ...
by Makan24-7
Mon, 08 Oct 2007 7:00 pm
Forum: Careers & Jobs in Singapore
Topic: Wisdom, Opinion & Comments Welcome
Replies: 11
Views: 6170

Haha, SMS, excellent points - make total sense to me. Like I said, I won't be holding my breath on this.

One thing I didn't mention is that they were also upfront about why they interviewed me - someone not pre-packaged. After the interview they were pretty blunt too and said something to the tone of
by Makan24-7
Mon, 08 Oct 2007 7:00 pm
Forum: Careers & Jobs in Singapore
Topic: Wisdom, Opinion & Comments Welcome
Replies: 11
Views: 6170

Haha, SMS, excellent points - make total sense to me. Like I said, I won't be holding my breath on this.

One thing I didn't mention is that they were also upfront about why they interviewed me - someone not pre-packaged. After the interview they were pretty blunt too and said something to the tone of
by Makan24-7
Mon, 08 Oct 2007 6:57 pm
Forum: Careers & Jobs in Singapore
Topic: Wisdom, Opinion & Comments Welcome
Replies: 11
Views: 6170

Haha, SMS, excellent points - make total sense to me. Like I said, I won't be holding my breath on this.

One thing I didn't mention is that they were also upfront about why they interviewed me - someone not pre-packaged. After the interview they were pretty blunt too and said something to the tone of
by Makan24-7
Mon, 08 Oct 2007 6:39 pm
Forum: Staying, Living in Singapore
Topic: Investment Bank Managing Director Housing Allowance
Replies: 3
Views: 3356

With the banks on the top tier league table, that would be around 20-30k for the B-g Swinging D--ks. LOL. No offence, eh?
by Makan24-7
Mon, 08 Oct 2007 1:34 am
Forum: Computer, Internet, Phone & Electronics
Topic: iPod Users
Replies: 9
Views: 5503

iPod Users

Hey all, just wondered how many iPod users out there set their iPods to manually manage their songs instead of leaving in the default setting which is to automatically synchronize their iPods? As for me, since I download songs off several computers (2 of mine and the rest, my buddies') the first thi...
by Makan24-7
Mon, 08 Oct 2007 1:04 am
Forum: Computer, Internet, Phone & Electronics
Topic: Best Laptop
Replies: 35
Views: 29323

If you're using your laptop merely for surfing and writing, I'd recommend the Apple MacBook. Much more stable platform plus looks cool. If you do presentations, Keynote is much more capable than PowerPoint.
by Makan24-7
Sun, 07 Oct 2007 2:53 am
Forum: Property Talk, Housing & Rental
Topic: Rental Increases?!!?! :(
Replies: 267
Views: 161339

Darn. JB? It's catching up with Skid Row in LA... Wouldn't advise living there if you can help it.
by Makan24-7
Sun, 07 Oct 2007 2:49 am
Forum: Staying, Living in Singapore
Topic: Why do drivers in Singapore want to run you over?
Replies: 20
Views: 9153

Ok ok.. too sweeping a statement.. let me rephrase
The problem lies in that A LOT OF people here
by Makan24-7
Sun, 07 Oct 2007 2:46 am
Forum: Staying, Living in Singapore
Topic: Why do drivers in Singapore want to run you over?
Replies: 20
Views: 9153

The problem lies in that people here 1. don't respect the personal space of others 2. are too caught up in their own interests and lack consideration of others 3. suffer from serious tunnel vision, myopia and a one-tracked mind. Can't anticipate what others are doing nor do they care. These problems...
by Makan24-7
Sun, 07 Oct 2007 2:38 am
Forum: Careers & Jobs in Singapore
Topic: Singapore Interview Trip
Replies: 4
Views: 3749

Haha I've said this several times so I risk sounding like a broken record: if you came from a top 10/15 MBA school like HBS, Stanford, Wharton, Kellogg, Chicago, Columbia, Sloan, Darden, Dartmouth, Fuqua, Haas, Anderson, Johnson, Ross etc..... your best bets are your alumni career services office AN...
by Makan24-7
Sun, 07 Oct 2007 2:19 am
Forum: Careers & Jobs in Singapore
Topic: GBP £70,000 in London Vs S$150,000-180,000 in Singapore !
Replies: 18
Views: 11653

Before I share my humble opinion with you, I'll assume that the prospects for career advancement in both jobs are equal (unlikely but let's just say for argument's sake they are). It'll be Singapore for me - at S$180k, assuming you do not take ANY deductions or don't get any relief, your effective t...
by Makan24-7
Sun, 07 Oct 2007 2:01 am
Forum: Careers & Jobs in Singapore
Topic: Wisdom, Opinion & Comments Welcome
Replies: 11
Views: 6170

Well, I suppose I have to take some of my words back - something did pan out in the end. I'm not there yet but at least it restores some faith in the entire executive search process in Asia. One of the banks did actually show an interest and I went through the interview with the HK-based executives ...
by Makan24-7
Sat, 22 Sep 2007 8:36 pm
Forum: Computer, Internet, Phone & Electronics
Topic: Ripping songs from one iPod to another
Replies: 8
Views: 6213

Yeah, the songs on my old iPod are from several authorized laptops and only 2 of them are in Singapore now. I need to be able to rip the songs from my old iPod to my spanking new iPod Touch.

Yeah recording that way sounds way messy.
by Makan24-7
Sat, 22 Sep 2007 8:31 pm
Forum: Staying, Living in Singapore
Topic: Expats, do you think Singapore is that boring place?
Replies: 180
Views: 129881

Ahhh. i'm having problems expressing myself properly..... It must be the 7pints of hoegaarden i've had already...

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