What roles actually pay across Asia-Pacific — from real placements, not job ads.
I graduated from NUS in December and started applying for marketing roles in January. My lecturer told me the going rate for a fresh grad in marketing was around SGD 4,000 to 4,500. So when I got to the offer stage with a mid-sized agency in Tanjong...
I was a Regional Head of Operations for a European bank in Hong Kong. Fourteen years. Good performance reviews, decent relationships, the lot. Then in March they restructured the Asia desk and my role was "consolidated" into a global function...
I moved from Jakarta to Singapore two years ago. My husband got transferred and I was looking for finance roles here. Back home I was a Senior Accountant at a manufacturing company, so I thought it would be quite straightforward to find something...
I graduated from NUS in December and started applying for marketing roles in January. My lecturer told me the going rate for a fresh grad in marketing was around SGD 4,000 to 4,500. So when I got to the offer stage with a mid-sized agency in Tanjong...
When my firm offered me a transfer from Canary Wharf to Raffles Place, the headline number looked brilliant. A 30% bump on base, housing allowance, education allowance for the kids. On paper, a no-brainer. Six months in and I've done...
I was an Account Director at a SaaS company in Sydney. Three years in. Good reviews. Promoted twice. I thought I was being paid well — AUD 125K base plus commission. Then I went for a coffee with a mate who'd just started at a competitor...
I've negotiated multi-million dollar deals for my company. I've sat across the table from difficult counterparts and held my ground for weeks. I once spent four months negotiating a JV in Shanghai that involved three legal jurisdictions and a...