You should be OK on that salary as long you keep an eye on your budget.matski wrote:Hi Guys,
I have been looking at these forums for a few weeks now as I have found out my company (Double Negative, a Visual Effects company) want me to move to their Singapore branch to be a supervisor.
I will continue to be on my £22,000 a year salary and I am wondering whether people think this is a good enough wage for living independently in Singapore.
I will have to find my own accommodation and have no benefits from my company so I would also have to buy health insurance of some kind and all my bills.
I have been looking at websites like . to figure out rental prices, but I dont really know what im looking at terms of whether im sharing with people or just sharing a kitchen and living room.
Ideally I would like as much of my own space as possible without sharing, but I doubt I will be able to afford this. So at least having a secured large'ish room with ensuite is a bonus.
I do get 2 weeks in a hotel paid for so i can find somewhere to live, but I would like to get an idea of what I should be looking for. I would be working in Queenstown but I imagine public transport is pretty good so I dont mind commuting.
Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated, panicking slightly!
A couple of issues you will run into:matski wrote:Also i will be being paid in British pounds sterling from my current employer, i imagine this will go into my English account too. What is the best way to do this while incurring the least in charges.
e.g. should i get my wages paid into a Singaporean account or should i transfer it from my English account into a Singaporean account.
Hope im making sense....
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