Have you ever considered migration?
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There's so much unhappiness in my workplace that I've heard a lot of nurses talk about applying to work overseas, and eventually, quite a number of us do that.
Seems that people are generally disgruntled and a large number are considering or have already applied, for migration.
Have you ever considered this drastic move? If so, share the Push and Pull factors, ie. what about the target country attracts you and what about Singapore makes you contemplate leaving? -
it does man seriously. 2 small and there's no place for me to go. it's getting bored in here.
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For me it would be opportunities and if so I would go to Australia with no other reason that too many people I know are already residing thereOriginally posted by Rhonda:There's so much unhappiness in my workplace that I've heard a lot of nurses talk about applying to work overseas, and eventually, quite a number of us do that.
Seems that people are generally disgruntled and a large number are considering or have already applied, for migration.
Have you ever considered this drastic move? If so, share the Push and Pull factors, ie. what about the target country attracts you and what about Singapore makes you contemplate leaving?
However, can't go cos hubby is bonded to his job for the next 5 years so it really depends now -
Hey, elindra, yesterday when I was talking to my colleagues in my old ward, someone mentioned that the Australian Embassy here receives a lot of applications from locals who want to migrate there!
Wonder what the figures are. Might be staggering!
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Why won't I be surprisedOriginally posted by Rhonda:Hey, elindra, yesterday when I was talking to my colleagues in my old ward, someone mentioned that the Australian Embassy here receives a lot of applications from locals who want to migrate there!
Wonder what the figures are. Might be staggering!
I mean I can get a PR if I apply to be a fruit picker there coz they are short of peeps -
Originally posted by elindra:Why won't I be surprised
I mean I can get a PR if I apply to be a fruit picker there coz they are short of peeps Yeah!
I'm sure a lot of folks who apply won't mind taking on mundane jobs that they're actually over-qualified for... cause when you go over, you might realise that life is not all about that crazy Rat Race!
There's more to life than working, and working OT! 
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If I am not mistaken, Australia currently wants craftsmen and not degree holders to apply for aussie citizenship.
There is a demand for people like carpenters, plumbers, mechanics etc.
Those people with ITE certs should go take up the opportunity and start a brand new life overseas. -
Ya man or actually start my own biz. My friends with their own biz are all doing pretty well thereOriginally posted by Rhonda: Yeah!
I'm sure a lot of folks who apply won't mind taking on mundane jobs that they're actually over-qualified for... cause when you go over, you might realise that life is not all about that crazy Rat Race! There's more to life than working, and working OT! 
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Oh yeah, you're right about that!Originally posted by charlize:If I am not mistaken, Australia currently wants craftsmen and not degree holders to apply for aussie citizenship.
There is a demand for people like carpenters, plumbers, mechanics etc.
Those people with ITE certs should go take up the opportunity and start a brand new life overseas.
They have plenty of degree holders there, but they need blue-collar workers more right now. Even hairdressers would find it a breeze to migrate there! -
Really? What do they deal in?Originally posted by elindra:Ya man or actually start my own biz. My friends with their own biz are all doing pretty well there -
One deals in furnitureOriginally posted by Rhonda:Really? What do they deal in?
2 others have an internet cafe
Another one mods cars
Others are just working there
Another teaches baking and stuff -
Recently, there's such a huge nursing shortage in the US that I know of someone who applied and they didn't even bother to ask her to pass the licensing exams first!
They just told her to come over and gave her everything she needed to fly over in less than three months! Even offered her entire family green cards as well! They wanted her to start work first, and do the licencing exams when she's there.
Biangz! What a change a year makes! I guess the shortage is getting worse now that the Filipino-born, the China-born and the India-born nurses can't get there cause the quota for these nationalities have been met.
Man, the $$$ nurses are paid there is AMAZING!!! When I asked the nurses who worked in the ward I was posted to in Johns Hopkins four years plus ago how much they earned, it was then US$4K upwards!
Here, my take home after CPF deductions isn't even $2K!
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Wow... enterprising!Originally posted by elindra:One deals in furniture
2 others have an internet cafe
Another one mods cars
Others are just working there
Another teaches baking and stuff
I'd open an import shop if I had the opportunity! Import garments and Asian VCD's / DVD's, anime stuff as well as trinkets to sell!
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elindra, you won't imagine how dirty the HR is... I've heard accounts of them trying to get payments for stockings that were given to an employee three months before she quit, and how they hounded ex-employees for some crazy medical bill payments that they're entitled to, etc etc!
Now, if you approach them for a Certification Letter stating that you're employed by them, etc, they will insist that you tell them WHO the letter's for! That's because the Ward Sisters complain about the HR knowing before them that employees are about to quit so they want to make it difficult for us to apply for work elsewhere! WTF!!! I shouted at them, that it's their job to give me certification letters and they can jolly well churn a ''To Whom It May Concern'' letter for me cause it's none of their business what I do with my life cause I'm only working for them, not enslaved to them!
There are so many atrocities re. the way they treat the local and foreign staff... little wonder that most of us are leaving, or are contemplating leaving, or if they have no choice cause of family commitments, they get demoralised.
To solve the drain, they make it harder for people to leave instead of improving our work conditions so that no one wants to leave! Thwarted, it's all thwarted!! Where did these people learn management?!!
So, instead of motivating their workforce, they want to make it tough for disgruntled employees to leave. So what if they stay... do you think the low morale won't affect their job performance?
The wonders of 'lateral thinking'. They don't just 'think out of the box'... they think on an entirely different and irrelevant dimension altogether!
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Hello, FBI! Welcome to Club 30!Originally posted by FBI:it does man seriously. 2 small and there's no place for me to go. it's getting bored in here.
Did you realise that even if you migrated to a larger city, after a while, you'd have visited all the places there and they shall no longer be a novelty to you anymore, afterwhich, you'd be bored and back to Square 1 again?!
I always say that if one's bored, one has to entertain oneself. If you rely on places and people to keep yourself entertained, then sooner or later, there'd be no more options left!
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Yeah... I would rather migrate to Australia and open a hotdog stall by the beach. I'm sick of this place.. Salary sucks, office politics, backstabbing, blood sucking government, etc..
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Rhonda I see you are (maybe) getting tired and bored with job< a place to work> and need a change..
Why not walk in to TMC and speak to one of the staff.. they will give you a VIP treatment, eh ..my words are good..just try it out yourself!
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Yeah, can understand your sentiments.Originally posted by Mao x 2:Yeah... I would rather migrate to Australia and open a hotdog stall by the beach. I'm sick of this place.. Salary sucks, office politics, backstabbing, blood sucking government, etc..
Isn't it amazing... even though we're in the Rat Race and we grew up amidst the Rat Race, we're still rebelling against it? It's in our nature - Man wasn't created to be a creature of burden and toil all the time!
Seems like everyone doesn't mind taking on a more 'mediocre' job, if only they can have a better, more relaxed lifestyle.
And yes... there's more to life than work, work, work! -
Originally posted by norey:
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[b]Rhonda I see you are (maybe) getting tired and bored with job< a place to work> and need a change..
Why not walk in to TMC and speak to one of the staff.. they will give you a VIP treatment, eh ..my words are good..just try it out yourself! [/b]
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yeah...in Singapore.. it's about working your life away.Originally posted by Rhonda:Yeah, can understand your sentiments.
Isn't it amazing... even though we're in the Rat Race and we grew up amidst the Rat Race, we're still rebelling against it? It's in our nature - Man wasn't created to be a creature of burden and toil all the time!
Seems like everyone doesn't mind taking on a more 'mediocre' job, if only they can have a better, more relaxed lifestyle.
And yes... there's more to life than work, work, work!
Talking about retiring at 60s.. sigh... -
I would imagine that those numbers are rather large, but don't count on the local press reporting the figures anytime soon, for obvious reasons.Originally posted by Rhonda:Hey, elindra, yesterday when I was talking to my colleagues in my old ward, someone mentioned that the Australian Embassy here receives a lot of applications from locals who want to migrate there!
Wonder what the figures are. Might be staggering!
There weren't too many Singaporean students at the grad school I attended. Of the ten or so who graduated the same year as I, only two returned to Singapore (one of whom was on some kind of government scholarship, and had to return to serve out his bond obligation); the rest, including yours truly, found jobs here. -
MG!!!Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:I would imagine that those numbers are rather large, but don't count on the local press reporting the figures anytime soon, for obvious reasons.
There weren't too many Singaporean students at the grad school I attended. Of the ten or so who graduated the same year as I, only two returned to Singapore (one of whom was on some kind of government scholarship, and had to return to serve out his bond obligation); the rest, including yours truly, found jobs here. Good to see ya! How are you?
Well, two out of 10 ... and the two had to return because of obligations to fulfill, who knows what they'll do after their bonds are up?!
That's scary... majority of those who plan on migrating are brainy, well-qualified folks.
And yes, the local press would never report on this, just like they skirt a lot of other issues.
I heard staggering figures from my friend, who has connections, but of course, I can't announce it in here in case they kick my door down the very next second! -
I think most people would like to retire earlier. It's crazy to keep on slogging for so long! And then, what's your whole life about? Preparing for work, and then work, work, work?Originally posted by Mao x 2:yeah...in Singapore.. it's about working your life away.
Talking about retiring at 60s.. sigh... Bleak, isn't it? -
wish i could, but no money, where to go??
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My dear Rhonda, U wrote:
I think most people would like to retire earlier. It's crazy to keep on slogging for so long! And then, what's your whole life about? Preparing for work, and then work, work, work? Bleak, isn't it?
WE know about nurses and their calling to service..Did you pursue it because it was a career or a calling like Florence Nightingale? Or because it was just to hop on to a rice bowl for survive? It's the same everywhere whether in here or Australia..maybe it just to make your day count for yourself..you are not born to live forever here on earth, we all will migrate too..It's 40 per cent for taxes in Ozzie land Lor!
I will like to migrate to this place:
http://www.sgwiki.com/wiki/Heaven