Has anyone ever been an expat on a project for a period of time in Singapore ??? Curious to hear positives / negatives / how work life balance is there ? Thanks in advance !

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Zero work life balance, but great place if you get an expat package I’m From Singapore

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WLB definitely worse than US but ok by Asian standards. Generally no weekend work but 0 free time on weekdays, e.g. could regularly work till midnight (I was working on FS projects).

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Did an internship in SG and enjoyed it.

Work life balance is horrible compared to europe, maybe less so than America. Personally would love to be there if there’s any chance at all (I’m Asian and it’s closer to my home country)

Probably depends on client. Food there is amazing.

Work life balance in my experience was very good (have done 6 projects as an expat in Singapore). I do hear WLB in banking is very bad but i have not experienced it first hand. Overall its a great platform to explore asia / australia on weekends and i would highly recommend it

Highly client dependent, but generally worse WLB than Europe/Americas (10pm+ weekdays, weekend work). Lifestyle generally better because everything is comparatively cheap!

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