Hello All,
I work with a leading biotech firm that will soon open a management centre in Singapore. I am presently based in Switzerland and will relocate. The problem is that I dont have any real confidence that our HR team have bench-marked salaries/benefits and I dont want to sell myself short when I negotiate my contract.
My company is not expatriating me, so I will be on a "local" package. Having said that, I have no idea what other pharma companies are offering in terms of vacation days an car allowances, so I would appreciate it if someone can give a little guidance on two issues:
The first concerns car allowances. Ive heard that some companies are halting car allowances and paying a taxi allowance instead... is this true?
The second concerns vacation days. I would hate to end up with less days off in Singapore seeing that I will not be getting any home leave and hence vacation days will be used to go home once a year. I know some companies only offer 14 or 15 days, but ideally I would like to keep the same number as I presently have. Whilst I will certainly argue for that, it would be good to know what the market is supporting.
I apologize if this has been answered elsewhere, but my search results didnt yield anything useful.
Thanks!