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Expat asks if he should give up $6K salary in Dubai for $9K salary in Singapore; netizens say it’s not worth coming to SG

A father of a two-year-old asked if a monthly salary of S$9,000 would be enough to live in Singapore.

In a post to Facebook group Indians in Singapore, the netizen wrote that he currently works in Dubai, with take-home pay of about S$6,647.98. 

With an offer of S$9,000 in hand, the man asked other netizens whether this amount would be enough to sustain himself, his wife and his 2-year-old child.

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“I heard Singapore education is one of the best in world and would like to give my kid best education that I can afford. Please suggest if this is a good move to shift from Dubai to Singapore”, the man wrote in his post.

Netizens who commented on his post had mixed reactions, and most said that he was better off in Dubai and that his salary there would get him much further than his S$9,000 salary here.

Others added that as a foreigner, schools would be expensive for his child as well.

Here’s what they said:

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Last week, a 30-year-old man who said that he felt he was “earning too little” despite a $17,000 monthly salary, took to social media asking netizens for their opinions.

In an anonymous post to popular confessions page SGWhispers, the man wrote: “Hi, I’m sometimes a bit lost for direction and need a bit of help and opinion”. He added that he was a 30-year-old male who had been working for a few years. He was earning about $17,000 a month.

In his post, the man wrote that he felt he should ask for a raise of 25 per cent more, “and work isn’t easy as well to begin with”. He also added that he struggled to spend within $5,000 a month. 

“Alot of times I genuinely feel that I’m struggling and not being able to save and invest enough. Trying to target a savings rate of 50% proves to be quite difficult and I feel that I’m order to retire earlier, I’m trying to save and invest at least 10 k. And even so I feel that it’s not far enough”, the man wrote. /TISG

30-year-old man earning $17K/month struggles to spend less than $5K monthly; wants salary raise of 25% more

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