Wesley Keller· Global Mobility Manager, Kestrel Aerospace
Posted in Singapore Chapter ·
Ten years ago an assignment into Singapore came with housing, school fees, a car, home leave and tax equalisation. Of the 31 inbound moves we handled this year, only four were on that kind of package. The rest were local-plus with a housing subsidy that steps down over two years, or plain local terms with a relocation lump sum.
Cost is the stated reason. I also suspect the business no longer sees a hub posting as a hardship in any sense. What worries me is school fees: families are turning roles down. Are others seeing the same shift, and is anyone holding the line on education support?
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Colin WalshWWP, CBS
People Analytics Lead, Kestrel Aerospace
Same pattern. We had 60 full expatriates in Singapore in 2018 and have 9 now, all at regional head level. Everyone else is local-plus. We kept education support but capped it at 30,000 Singapore dollars per child per year, for two children and at most three years. Acceptance among candidates with school-age children recovered after that.
