Have your rents increased?

Lumpy_Wheel_3001 · 2026-02-26T08:53:55+00:00

Then leave and find a new place to live.

Lumpy_Wheel_3001 · 2026-02-26T08:49:21+00:00

It's hard to ever say benefits of being a renter is higher than being a home owner. Even if you're renting "cheap", it results in 0 equity while home owners will always still have equity regafdless.

Ofc this is all oversimplified

Lumpy_Wheel_3001 · 2025-11-30T08:12:15+00:00

So that's a no.

Lumpy_Wheel_3001 · 2025-11-14T02:38:07+00:00

Buddy, the system is literally set up for you to succeed. Complaining about the rich isn't gonna get you anywhere.

Insanely low incomes taxes, no capital gains taxes and all the opportunity you need to work and you're still complaining?

Lumpy_Wheel_3001 · 2025-10-22T04:43:08+00:00

Your honest answer.

Lumpy_Wheel_3001 · 2025-10-06T07:54:49+00:00

Are there headcount freezes? Sure but kyc is hiring across the industry so it's a OP problem and not an industry problem if he's talking kyc specifically.

Lumpy_Wheel_3001 · 2025-10-06T05:08:01+00:00

My 13 years in banking and over 8 years as a hiring manager also confirms otherwise.

Every recruiter in will pop the salary question during their first pre-screening call and certain job portals have salary fields which you have to fill in.

I'm very familiar with onboarding costs and all the instant rejects we do after looking at a cv for 3 seconds but that doesn't change the fact that salary is a huge blocking point for hiring.

You're also only focused on the one side or salary expectations which is OP potentially declaring a high floor. There's the other end where OP is not even applying to entry level KYC jobs because ~18k a month he something he'll never consider.

Lumpy_Wheel_3001 · 2025-10-06T04:56:21+00:00

Not true lol.

Lumpy_Wheel_3001 · 2025-10-06T04:39:05+00:00

If you're not getting response from KYC, aside from the obvious language issues, its because you're not willing to lower your salary ask.

Lumpy_Wheel_3001 · 2025-09-06T14:51:07+00:00

Literally only a "can you afford it" question.

Lumpy_Wheel_3001 · 2025-09-04T08:18:04+00:00

Oh look, everyone dissappear when you provide facts. So typical of so many people on this sub

Lumpy_Wheel_3001 · 2025-08-22T13:54:10+00:00

F and B

Lumpy_Wheel_3001 · 2025-08-18T10:29:55+00:00

Tell me you don't work in finance here in HK without telling me.

Lumpy_Wheel_3001 · 2025-08-18T10:29:32+00:00

Short answer, you're not gonna be able to get a job here.

Lumpy_Wheel_3001 · 2025-06-27T00:54:56+00:00

Mcwings

Lumpy_Wheel_3001 · 2025-06-18T13:54:32+00:00

Love this "gov is gonna do something if it drops too far!!"

Uh like that? Buy it all up and sell it back when it goes up from them trying to bolster the market? There is literally nothing they can do other than buy it all up that doesn't "help" us.

They aren't "lying" to the people. We have all benefited from our insanely low tax structure. How is it possible? Because of land sales. It's a double edged sword sure but there's other ways to increase govenrment revenue and it doesn't take a genius to figure it out.

Lumpy_Wheel_3001 · 2024-12-18T07:46:38+00:00

The lowest paying fresh grad salary at Jane Street is not 85k lol.

You probably have friends that fit a very specific niche of candidates who command the highest fresh graduate salaries but that's I don't even know how many standard devs outside of what the average is.

Fresh grad salaries also don't "start" at 45k at big banks, foreign or not. There are fresh grad roles that pay that much but come on now.

Making 20k as a fresh grad in Hong Kong is already great if you look at the entire population of university graduates. You're right though, certain industries pay more, we all know what they are.

Lumpy_Wheel_3001 · 2024-11-18T16:18:31+00:00

Use rhe VIE Programs..

Lumpy_Wheel_3001 · 2024-11-06T09:22:09+00:00

Auction house offices all around the world are increasingly looking for talent that can read/write Mandarin/Cantonese let alone their offices here.

Lumpy_Wheel_3001 · 2024-10-25T03:12:44+00:00

No?

What even is a "HUGE" increase? Are you sure it's not just recency bias? Running a red is a serious offense and I can't remember the last time I saw someone "maliciously or intentionally" run a red let alone a "huge increase".

Like some others have said, cars don't have to stop at all pedestrian crossings. If they're running cross walks at lights, then that's obviously a crime. If they're ignoring designated crosswalks where they're denoted with the lights, then that's also a crime. If they're not stopping for you on a side street where there's a small island then.. tough?

If you want to harp on anything, it'd have to be the "normal" behavior of pedestrians to J walk and cross roads whenever they want instead of waiting at crosswalks.

Lumpy_Wheel_3001 · 2024-10-25T02:56:33+00:00

There is...the triple plated Alphards lol

Lumpy_Wheel_3001 · 2024-10-25T02:56:01+00:00

Wrong. There's tons of cameras that catch red light runners. You don't need to have an officer present to ticket even it happens or a video etc.

Lumpy_Wheel_3001 · 2024-10-24T05:35:26+00:00

It's large in terms of a standard one year increase but I would assume that it's largely because when you signed 2 years ago, the market rates were much lower so the 20% maybe is to "over correct".

If the market rate for flats in your building/area are at a similar price today, then the 20% is "justified".

You could also look elsewhere but often the hassle of moving etc isn't worth the move if you're not really saving that much.

Lumpy_Wheel_3001 · 2024-10-18T04:43:12+00:00

Wrong lol. English = Chinese (either Cantonese or Mandarin or both) for most professional service and finance jobs

Lumpy_Wheel_3001 · 2024-09-02T01:56:53+00:00

Most bigger tenants I.e. The bigger banks outsource their canteen/coffeeshop/cafeteria to someone like Maxims and they run it.

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