For foods, a lot of tricks can be done, like, for example, buying cheap breads (like 1$ breads near closing time for some local bakeries), or cooking. Let's assume they can survive by taking 2 meals for each day. Let's assume they only spend 5S$ each day. A month = 150S$. Put the rent 400S$ (I guess we can still find it), and transport 100S$. No entertainment.Travailes wrote:Can someone explain to me how you can survive on low wages in Singapore ! I was in Singapura Plaza yesterday and there was a job fair which was advertising lots of local jobs which all paid in the region of between $1200- $1800 a month. What hours are they required to work and what bonuses / perks are there ?
If we take a wage of $1200 (of which the majority where) that equates to $300 pw; $43 pd. Assume they eat hawker food 3 times a day at $3 a meal that leaves $31 pd to pay the rent, pay the helper, pay for household items, buy presents etc etc. Can someone tell me the secret as I could be saving a fortune !!
Morbo, oh, Morbo. Haven't you forgotten that non-Singaporeans do these jobs as well? Travailes should be asking them instead because these people have to pay own rent, without privileges of subsidy on medical etc.zzm9980 wrote:People taking those jobs live with their parents/extended families, or have subsidized rentals from HDB, which start at $26/month (yeah, no shit)
http://www.hdb.gov.sg/fi10/fi10323p.nsf ... enDocument
The majority of those rushing to complete applications were Singaporean.the lynx wrote:Morbo, oh, Morbo. Haven't you forgotten that non-Singaporeans do these jobs as well? Travailes should be asking them instead because these people have to pay own rent, without privileges of subsidy on medical etc.zzm9980 wrote:People taking those jobs live with their parents/extended families, or have subsidized rentals from HDB, which start at $26/month (yeah, no shit)
http://www.hdb.gov.sg/fi10/fi10323p.nsf ... enDocument
Hear of chicken farm arrangement? Its illegal but do exist.the lynx wrote:Morbo, oh, Morbo. Haven't you forgotten that non-Singaporeans do these jobs as well? Travailes should be asking them instead because these people have to pay own rent, without privileges of subsidy on medical etc.zzm9980 wrote:People taking those jobs live with their parents/extended families, or have subsidized rentals from HDB, which start at $26/month (yeah, no shit)
http://www.hdb.gov.sg/fi10/fi10323p.nsf ... enDocument
I read 'local jobs' to mean locals applying for them. On second read, you're right, but apparently that IS what OP meant.the lynx wrote:Morbo, oh, Morbo. Haven't you forgotten that non-Singaporeans do these jobs as well? Travailes should be asking them instead because these people have to pay own rent, without privileges of subsidy on medical etc.zzm9980 wrote:People taking those jobs live with their parents/extended families, or have subsidized rentals from HDB, which start at $26/month (yeah, no shit)
http://www.hdb.gov.sg/fi10/fi10323p.nsf ... enDocument
I wouldn't be too sure about that. Look at the number of FDW here who have degrees.......revhappy wrote:But then again, if you were one, you wouldnt have the ability to come to this forum and type so well
Or staying at home and being a 'cost center' - you forgot that locals almost exclusively always eat out .. so .. the 800 to 1,200 can cover the mealrevhappy wrote:Locals can afford these jobs for all sorts of reasons; for example, the husband is the main earning member and the wife just wants to contribute to the family income so she could possibly work for 1200 or even 800$ if she thinks that earning 800$ is better than sitting at home and doing nothing at all.
Well, in my experience, while the locals go for 'admin' 'hr' and similar jobs, so they can get off at 6 pm .. a lot of foreigners are more than willing to work for low pay ..Now just because locals can do it, doesnt mean a foreigner can do it or should it. Life would be miserable for you unless you are a contruction worker or something. But then again, if you were one, you wouldnt have the ability to come to this forum and type so well
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