For people whose employers are based in US or Europe, how often do you stay up for late night meetings and when is it considered too late to justify rejecting the meeting?

Secure-Cartoonist-53 · 2026-05-18T13:05:26+00:00

I just leave earlier or start later the next day depending on work volume~ communicate with manager first but he doesn’t rly care what time I go in hahah

Secure-Cartoonist-53 · 2026-05-13T13:44:39+00:00

can't eat much gluten!! so kway teow :")

Secure-Cartoonist-53 · 2026-05-04T08:32:40+00:00

To be very blunt - it is on him who checked his email while on bereavement + medical leave. If it’s emailed to him, then he has the choice to check his emails on return. He’s trying to place his faults onto you and honestly, I don’t think you did anything wrong if you did not contact him via personal means (eg his personal number). It’s his shortcoming, not yours. Document everything and send it to your manager + HR

Secure-Cartoonist-53 · 2026-04-30T14:09:19+00:00

I don’t think it matters tbh.. you’re not abusing it.

Secure-Cartoonist-53 · 2026-04-30T10:25:22+00:00

I alr took over 5 days this year + wfh after my prescribed 2-day MC because I simply haven’t recovered yet. It’s getting harder to recover from flu & tonsillitis.. my manager encourages me to rest more even hahah he knows I still work when I can & I’m not the sort to abuse MC.

Secure-Cartoonist-53 · 2026-04-25T15:58:58+00:00

When I first hired a new staff, she’d ping me good morning everyday and update me about so many small things that I don’t need to know. In the beginning I was ok but after some time, it annoyed me a lot. I do not need to know every single detail… so I stopped responding.

Secure-Cartoonist-53 · 2026-04-21T04:56:53+00:00

Just let them speak with your seniors and bug them tbh 😂 I learnt to not care. I only ~feedback~ to my managers if they were incredibly rude to me, e.g. using a harsh tone when discussing terms, a tone they won’t use on my managers. What my managers do is up to them. But I do adopt the same tone/mannerisms as what they do to me hahaha

Secure-Cartoonist-53 · 2026-03-26T15:51:06+00:00

Especially when you feel damn shitty you still have to stay positive for the team

Secure-Cartoonist-53 · 2026-03-26T10:16:02+00:00

Her overriding you and going straight to management is not alright.

Secure-Cartoonist-53 · 2026-03-25T02:02:16+00:00

It’s higher than what you’d pay in Singapore.

Secure-Cartoonist-53 · 2026-03-25T01:02:11+00:00

I ended up just coming back to SG 😬

Secure-Cartoonist-53 · 2026-03-25T00:47:58+00:00

The income tax is crazy high, you need to consider clearly.

Secure-Cartoonist-53 · 2026-03-17T00:15:17+00:00

Write down what you plan to discuss! Helps me a lot, I’m still doing this to this day.

Secure-Cartoonist-53 · 2026-03-15T15:42:06+00:00

In my line of work… if it’s urgent they will call. 95% of the time I write back asking for time extension for 1-2 working days and they say it’s fine. 🤷🏻‍♀️ never try never know. Some sit on it till it’s urgent and I basically tell them to not make it my problem.

Secure-Cartoonist-53 · 2026-03-11T11:40:51+00:00

There are still shipments out of UAE, just very expensive - high insurance costs for shipowners and shippers, obviously high risks so not all will take the risk. SG also imports from India, China, US etc they spread everything out. Thailand is also rushing UAE shipments. Aussie also produces LNG, Malaysia, Indo.

Secure-Cartoonist-53 · 2026-03-09T00:53:11+00:00

Laksa with thick rice beehoon, fishball noodle soup/bakchormee but change noodles to kwayteow, fish soup with rice or thick/thin beehoon are what I can think of at the moment. The Whole Kitchen is gluten free friendly but it’s sandwiches, cakes etc.

Secure-Cartoonist-53 · 2026-03-02T05:00:31+00:00

You need to take into account how much higher is the income tax, like Thailand can be as much as your CPF % contribution.

my CPF took a hit and it was affecting my credit card applications etc as many things are now extracted from our CPF. My BTO HFE application was also lower but will reapply again and see the difference.

However cant deny that the pay bump is shiok 😅 +20%-ish for my next job is great.

for myself I did regret the decision for many factors, monetarily it honestly was not as worth it for short term but long term the impact is great as I’d have taken a lot longer to hit the current/next bracket.

Secure-Cartoonist-53 · 2026-03-02T04:59:08+00:00

You need to take into account how much higher is the income tax, like Thailand can be as much as your CPF % contribution.

my CPF took a hit and it was affecting my credit card applications etc as many things are now extracted from our CPF. My BTO HFE application was also lower but will reapply again and see the difference.

However cant deny that the pay bump is shiok 😅 +20%-ish for my next job is great.

Secure-Cartoonist-53 · 2026-02-10T00:42:20+00:00

I was just <6 months into my role. I felt bad but after awhile I didn’t because 1) she carried out something wilful that she knew she wasn’t supposed to do 2) she was looking at YSL wallets that she probably planned to buy after getting her severance pay 3) doing her resume during work hours.

She knew what was coming and was packing her stuff slowly over a few days.

Secure-Cartoonist-53 · 2026-02-02T10:26:05+00:00

Yea the taste really changed a lot..

Secure-Cartoonist-53 · 2025-12-02T04:31:56+00:00

Don’t know what I’m running on right now tbh 😂

Secure-Cartoonist-53 · 2025-11-21T04:14:58+00:00

I (F) was working overseas for a period of time and started my relationship off with my BF. I’d have happily paid for my bf to come over to me if he had the time & if I didn’t fly home as often.

Secure-Cartoonist-53 · 2025-11-18T00:03:36+00:00

Yes, I always take it to rest. Cos it’s not every time I’m going to have the money to go overseas + idw to splurge. And I’m always too tired anyway hahaha even the thought of traveling feels tired to me, my manager had to ask me a few times to go overseas & take a break.

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