u/Dapper_Joke_3114

Maybe this is a depressing take but I genuinely feel like our generation was sold a dream that doesn’t exist anymore.

Study hard. Get a degree. Work hard. Stay loyal. Eventually life becomes stable.

But now I’m seeing degree holders earning RM2.5k in KL while rent, food, Grab, insurance, and literally existing keeps getting more expensive every year.

And the craziest part?
You can do EVERYTHING right and still get ghosted by companies for months.

I know people with years of experience applying to hundreds of jobs and still hearing nothing back. Then companies complain “young people don’t want to work anymore.”

Some of my friends are burned out in corporate.
Some gave up and started doing Grab/Foodpanda.
Some migrated to Singapore/Australia.
Some are pretending everything is okay on LinkedIn while silently panicking about money.

I even know people with “good jobs” who still can’t imagine buying a house or starting a family anymore.

At this point I honestly understand why so many Malaysians want to leave.

Feels like we’re surviving instead of actually living.

Curious if anyone else feels this way lately or maybe I’m just too deep in my own quarter-life crisis 😅

But we still see more n more expats coming in... 🤔 I guess expats are happy with the net pay?..despite high cost of living and low job satisfaction

According to the latest Malaysia economic monitor report, unemployment lowest since 2014. Economic up 4%, jobs employed below their qualification. But our wallet getting thinner than ever.
Are we getting more materialistic or too much burden sucking our wallet?

One of them walk to me and ask me for donation, I listened to it and let him finished his words, then I asked him, do we get pay from this, he said yes.

Are these associations really lack of funds? Anyone know do they earn commission from it? Is tis "part time job" better than others?

Well, I made a small donation, hopefully these donations can helps the ppl who r struggling with sickness

I wonder with all the AI, short courses, youtube videos... is it still worth studying a design course..

For the past 3 months, I’ve been having regular meetings with an Australian client (a cute guy).

One thing I noticed almost immediately:

Every meeting starts with small talk.

weekend plans. coffee. travel. family. sometimes completely random topics.

Meanwhile, I’m internally thinking:
“Are we starting the meeting or what?”

In Singapore, most meetings are quite direct and with a mindset of "dont waste time"

But working with this cute guy made me realise something interesting:

To them, small talk isn’t wasting time.
It’s part of building trust and rapport.

The relationship comes before the business discussion.

In Singapore, professionalism often means being work ethics. While in many Western cultures, professionalism also means being personable.

Neither approach is wrong.

Is small talk before meetings actually necessary, or do most people just want to get straight to the point?

Maybe she should unlock the FB page and lock in some local resumes instead. Are people actually scared about the future job market?

I’m totally not interested in being a manager or climbing the corporate ladder. Just want a stable job and accomplish things like getting a degree and license. I’m behind in life because I’m already in my mid 20s but haven’t achieve things that other people my age achieve but my parents weren’t those financially supportive kind so i had to pay it all by myself. Anyone in the same boat as me? I think maybe because i was being forced to work when i was young that’s why i’m not interested in climbing the ladder?

Kumar said locals are busy chasing C's.

Sometimes I wonder..did we open up too much, too fast?

Maybe she should unlock the FB page and lock in some local resumes instead. Are people actually scared about the future job market?

Saw the recruiter saying companies prefer “hungrier” foreigners over Singaporeans.

But honestly… I think we’re just more aware now.

A lot of Singaporeans watched: parents OT until midnight, loyalty rewarded with retrenchment and etc.

Then somehow when younger workers ask for: work-life balance, fair pay

suddenly we are “not hungry”.

Is Singapore really becoming “less hungry”?

Or are people finally rejecting burnout culture?

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Today, I just asked if I could convert to full-time for the current company I am interning at (6-month internship), and got rejected due to lack of headcount for fresh grads.

I really like this company (projects are interesting, good work conditions, people are nice etc), so I was planning to ask if I could extend the internship for another 6 months and get a full-time role when there is headcount availability. I am going to clarify tomorrow if headcount would increase by EOY.

On the other hand, I also have 2 companies that are actively interviewing me, one in the beginning phase and the other in the final phase. The company in the final phase is a rather stable one, but the working conditions are so ass.

So I just wanted to get advice on what I should do next... I feel kind of lost at the moment. Thank you to everyone in advance. Also please be nice, my strawberry heart cannot take anymore stimulation for the day ;-;

Having difficulties finding jobs...

Any suggestions on what I can do while job hunting to earn some money for survival? Traineeships or more internships?

Thank you.

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Hi guys, I've just found a job on telegram which requires me to just work one day which is tmr... I'm not sure whether it is a legitimate job. This job involves us to just do stock take + tallying. I've found this job through a telegram channel where 10.3k ppl are inside it. I was immediately sent a WhatsApp link to join group chat by the recruiter after I expressed interest in this job. The person did not ask for my bank details or anything. I was only told of the address of the location and the working hour....

Tldr: saw a job offer on telegram, work on 5 May for 1 day only, got sent a WhatsApp gc link by recruiter after expressing interest in the job, was told that I am inside this job now, *no telephone call*, not sure whether is it a scam or not?

My main concern is is this a legitimate job? Because the recruiter didn't even call me to talk abt the job scope etc unlike recruiter agency companies who will normally call u when u expressed interest in their job postings.

when singapore gets overwhelming (feels like being trapped in a boiler room sometimes) how do you actually cope?

not talking about just the heat (well, maybe a little).

more like the constant pressure to keep up, stay productive, not fall behind. the exhaustion that builds quietly until one day you just feel… soulless.

curious how people here “touch grass” to manage work stress, social pressure, the pace of life that never really slows down. therapy? running at 6am? crying in the shower? no judgment.

what actually helps you reset when sg life starts to feel suffocating?