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[sanchez1234]

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[Burns]

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[fullyautomatix]

personally im not sure about jobs but for housing i use https:/ /metroresidences.com/sg/

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[clearedforlanding]

You know this thread is from 9 years ago?

I do now. Incredibly it was not I who revived an old thread this time.

[WTFH]

If you are really experienced in technical telco management within a specific niche, and I mean really, there is a quite lot of stuff. Bonus if you have managed ZTE or Huawei. I had a pretty senior role at a large consultancy, most PM contracts & technical contracts were as bad as $200-$250. Lots's of Chinese as well as Indians coming from the big vendors.

I was on $1.2k + acommodation + per diem roughly a decade ago. I believe rates have dropped by 40% from those days.

You know this thread is from 9 years ago?

[clearedforlanding]

Presumably though it's all finance jobs as in Zurich.

If you are really experienced in technical telco management within a specific niche, and I mean really, there is a quite lot of stuff. Bonus if you have managed ZTE or Huawei. I had a pretty senior role at a large consultancy, most PM contracts & technical contracts were as bad as $200-$250. Lots's of Chinese as well as Indians coming from the big vendors.

I was on $1.2k + acommodation + per diem roughly a decade ago. I believe rates have dropped by 40% from those days.

[sanchez1234]

personally im not sure about jobs but for housing i use https:/ /metroresidences.com/sg/

[darrenb]

I have an ex-colleague working there and he's on 600 Euro a day and is getting paid through a Contractor Management Company just for simplicities sake. He found it too hard to try and set one up himself and he needed work permit sponsorship. To get the role he went direct to Deloitte's. Although I think he had a contact on the project.

Presumably though it's all finance jobs as in Zurich.

[Cameron Wallace]

I have an ex-colleague working there and he's on 600 Euro a day and is getting paid through a Contractor Management Company just for simplicities sake. He found it too hard to try and set one up himself and he needed work permit sponsorship. To get the role he went direct to Deloitte's. Although I think he had a contact on the project.

[darrenb]

And were you on an hourly rate, daily rate, or .... ? And were you set up as a Pte Ltd, on an "Entrepass", company sponsorship or... ? What is really the best setup for a 3-6 month contract, minimal bondage (I'm not into that) ?

[darrenb]

Interesting... I'm not really after a perm position. Wonder if anyone has been over there on a 3-6 months gig, how it was structured, if the pay was comparable to here... ?

[snaw]

Thanks mr snaw. On jobsDB.com, I am seeing senior roles advertised at S$3500-4500 (£1500-£2000) a month. So the question I have is: are they open to real contract rates? How does that work?

My understanding is that contract there isn't the same as here, there's more status being permy whereas a contractor is considered more like a temp (Feel free to correct me if anyone knows better).

Permy rates I have a decent link on what you should be expecting, below. SOme of those rates I've seen but jobs I'm going for are payign comarable to UK permy rates.

http://www.robertwalters.com/resourc...urvey_2009.pdf

[darrenb]

Thanks mr snaw. On jobsDB.com, I am seeing senior roles advertised at S$3500-4500 (£1500-£2000) a month. So the question I have is: are they open to real contract rates? How does that work?

[snaw]

Not actually there yet (Been twice, loved it), but so far I'm finding leads through a mixture of agencies (Robert Walters, Hudson and Talent2 are main players I believe). Contact agents direct, they seem to be more about introducing you to clients as opposed to just advertising jobs, like here.

Linked in has been great so far (Three interviews now lined up through it), and use your contacts, if you have any - got a couple of leads that way.

It probably helps that my wife is transferring and I've got a definite arrival date, so people take me seriously.

Office politics etc who knows, who cares. I think you've a great chance technically, from what I hear they value westerners more in technology (More able to act independently etc). Could be wrong in that, but I'm not finding it an issue so far.

Tax in Singapore is low compared to here I believe. And the asian girls will love you ($5).

And jobsdb is good, as well as the link through the singapore expats thing - jobsdirect or something like that.

[darrenb]

Wouldn't surprise me if they have a primitive attitude to their own workers, but wonder how they treat guests, Westerners that have been brought in specially.