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Singapore man struggles with salary comparison after friends secure S$5.5k-S$6k jobs: ‘I can’t help but feel an ache in my chest’
['Yoko Nicole']
The Independent Singapore News
SINGAPORE: A Singaporean man earning S$3,500 a month has admitted he’s finding it hard to feel satisfied with his career after seeing many of his friends land jobs paying S$5,500 to S$6,000 a month.
“Whenever I hear my friends talk about landing jobs at the Big 4 or other MNCs with starting salaries of S$5,5000 to S$6,000, I can’t help but feel an ache in my chest.”
Even though he knows they studied different degrees that naturally command higher pay, he confessed it still stings.
Previously mid-S$5,000, high stress.
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