Jetstar captains got a S$1000/month pay rise to help off set rent increases, and I see that wages in general rose 8.5% last year.
Since the property market crash 11 years ago rents have been unrealistically low and landlords are now trying to make up for past losses. If you bought at the peak, only now is your property coming back to being worth what you paid for it.
Fair point about people who previously rented within the housing allowance and are no being forced to move or pay up, I was thinking more about new arrivals.
I know of a few people looking at other jobs at the moment, once resignations start coming in management might wake up. It would be nice if they kept pace with market rates of pay and looked after their staff without waiting for this.
