SINGAPORE: A Singaporean man earning between S$10,000 and S$13,000 a month took to Reddit to ask whether he should give up his stress-free job in favour of higher pay and better career progression.
In a post on the r/singaporefi forum, he provided details about his current job. “I’m in the buy-side investment world. It is fully WFH; the boss is overseas-based and never asks for many deliverables and agrees with almost everything I want to do and my investment calls. I’m super relaxed and not stressed a single bit.”
“I have a good relationship with my boss, who is the owner. The downside is increments, bonuses, and progression are basically nonexistent.”
With his experience and qualifications, he said he believes he could find a position paying between S$18,000 and S$22,000 a month. However, he is concerned about the increased stress, workload, office politics, and commuting that may come with a higher-paying role.
Financially, he and his wife are in a comfortable position.
“My wife and I don’t spend much relative to what we earn and have a very small loan on our private property, which, if I wanted, I could just pay off now. The only thing is we are going to have a child, but we have also budgeted for it already.”
Looking for guidance from those with experience, he asked Redditors, “Those that climbed the corporate ladder and are now in your 40s and 50s or even retired, was the stress worth it? Also, if you could take at least the first year to have a chill work life with your newborn (aka continue my job and not progress for another year), would you do it?”
