The real hurdles aren't the ones getting the attention. Eg, minimum salary for mid-age people (40+) is 11k -ish SGD. If you don't earn that much, you won't like it to start with - there is a base cost floor that is higher for non-locals (rent, health, schools, ...). The real problem is that this applies to the trailing spouse too. In the past, those people were often working part-time on a 'Letter of Consent' / LOC which basically said work as whatever as long as there isn't a surplus of SG work seekers. This option is now closed, so, trailing spouses have to go through the normal EP process, and this can be very challenging if you took a career break to look after kids or are working in an industry that pays poorly.
That being said, it's still a pretty nice place to be. I didn't feel that the pandemic restrictions were / are that hard (not like y'all have more than five friends to start with), and I'm writing this from my third overseas, quarantine free trip since last summer.