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Hey how did the Turkish dinner go? Looks like I missed the boat on that one, count me in for any other upcoming dinner meetups?

Hi Esme,

I've just moved from London as well in the last 2 months. I've just PM-ed you, hopefully you have enough posts now to see it.

Cheers.

A

Hi newbrit,

I know... looks like I've got to start working getaways and holidays more tightly around public hols and weekends. I'm going from 23 to 10 so that's a bummer.

Can I ask why you decided to take a pay cut and 'less favourable' working conditions to make the move to Singapore?

I suppose this aspect is more informal and discretionary, if I travelled on a Sunday afternoon, I'll probably try to claim a whole day off! But my bosses are generally not too stingy so most of the time I get my way. Of course, if your job requires travelling as a key aspect of being able to do your...

slavery is indeed alive and kicking! I'm the 'record holder' among my friends now, for least days of annual leave. I'm going to have to arrange business travel on weekends to store up on off-in-lieus...

Superglide: I thought it would be more as well, its gets a bit longer the longer you've been employed with the company, but I'm at the bare minimum cos I've been with the company just under 2 years, at the 5 year mark, it goes up to 15 days (nothing to get terribly excited about...)

oh well...

I've been away for just under 9 years now, you're right about never having actually spent any of my working life in Singapore, so I've had a 'soft start' in cushy European labour practices. Also, you are right about HQ not being aware of what the Asian HR are up to, when my bosses saw what the Asian...

I'm being offered around SGD8K a month for a mid level post. I imagine the law was written to protect low paid workers/ foreign labourers etc from being completely exploited but I didn't think that a multi-billion dollar MNC would be offering 'barely legal' holiday entitlement to white collar worker...

Hi all, Quick question for you clever people out there. I'm currently negotiating a transfer from London to Singapore (lifestyle move, I'm Singaporean). Its taken a while but finally a package has been offered. Money is decent, a cut from my GBP amount but still a pretty good wage. I'll not be expat...

Thanks for the info people, keep it coming! I've already applied a couple of the jobs mentioned above and a few others but so far no joy. I'm pretty sure I'm at least interview material but wonder if my being abroad in London at the moment is putting people off. Any thoughts? adelinelee: what positi...

Thanks for the link, that will be massively helpful. I know what you mean about applying whilst still abroad, I've applied for a few positions and so far, its nada and zilch... even ones which I think I would at least definitely get an interview. Perhaps the companies are put off by the fact that I'...

Congrats dude! I'm probably in a similar job hunt to yours but a couple of months behind. Mind sharing which sites/ avenues you've been looking in? The job sites seem a bit sparse at the moment. Saw the CNBC and Disney jobs, and I think BBC world posted something a few weeks back. I'll probably be c...

Basically, you can't do that. You need a job offer (which you have, and that's good) to be able to apply for a work permit which will allow you to work. So what they need to do now is to do that for you. The forms can be downloaded from the Home Office website, I believe its the WP1 form. Then when ...

Anything at all peeps? I know there are some advertising gurus among you.

Thanks~!

Hi all, My very first post so be gentle. I've been a lurker for a couple of years now but only just gotten round posting. Situation: I'm a Singaporean who's currently based in London, working for the largest media company in the world. Significant Other (SO) and I have been speaking about moving bac...