Brah, it's not just about seasonality. All banks had announced layoffs in the latter part of last year and those layoffs will take affect mostly beginning this year and I don't see much respite during the rest of the year or next year either. This deleveraging has just begun and likely to be multi year thing.Brah wrote:A bit harsh, wd.
You need to consider the time of year in this case - from October new job offers typically decline for many industries, the Q4 curse, and don't really start picking up until New Years and CNY, and in some cases bonus payouts are over.
You are right about more jobs leaving these shores, as we have discussed in our IT / Finance thread (which we should revive).
I would tend to agree with you that there seems to be less jobs now than a year or two ago, but how that plays out over the next two months and beyond is anyone's guess.
You get a month LTSVP or whatever it's called. After that you're a tourist in your own apartment.sundaymorningstaple wrote:Not much I can add to what is a sad situation. The odds of getting another extension are minuscule at best and the odds to extend the PEP does not exists at all as it's been pointed out that it's a one time only situation.
Primary business language in HK for most MNCs and banks will be English. Cantonese in the office will be like Mandarin here. Shouldn't be an issue unless you're working for an SME or smaller.sanjumalani wrote: Dont have a plan B as such except HK - but language issues there as I am not conversant in Mandarin/Cantonese.
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