why don't you join shipping company. with ur experience in power plant, you can earn starting of usd2400 per month tax free. it's m'sian company. all the time overseas trip.

Sounds like Tg Bin, Malakoff to me.

I am an E&E (major electronics) engineering student which will be graduationg soon. Currently I am bonded under scholarship with a construction company in msia (GLC) which I will be assign as M&E engineer if I were to join them after grad. However, the field of work is bias towards electrical whereas my major is electronics. Pros of the job is good pay and benefits while Cons is working 6 days a week.

I will be undergoing internship soon hence I am trying to apply for a good electronics company to try, but if I decided to join the electronics company then I have to pay back all my scholarship amount.

What do you guys thin about this?

hehehe, GLC?
lol!
good pay?
sure not?

The pay is quite good as I can see from seniors. But working for 6 days. You know la, construction. If compare should be better than electronics company I would say. Or you have any suggestion?

Shipping company? So, most of the time will be on the ship or cruise?

What is the difference ship or cruise? As I know it Destroyer is a marine engineer and he sails often.

hahaha, not sure if we are talking bout the same company
lol!
i suggest u try with that company first, but do ur internship at a E&E position. Maybe at a manufacturing to get a hold of what E&E feels like.
Construction, more interesting, not so mundane compared to factory work

working hours: 830-530 , mon to friday
if public holiday is on saturday or sunday, then we get holiday on friday and monday respectively.
very nice working enviroment.

in real life, it's not necesary that you always find a work directly related to what you studied ler....in your case, consider ok already...

why not try working first and see how's the work condition and whether the job is suitable for you?
if everything is good...then you can consider staying, if you really don't like it....then only decide to pay off the bond yourself?

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Added on August 18, 2010, 9:55 ami think you should quit asap if you intend to go back to engineering...not only you forget...your future employer might think that it's not good seeing you work so long in retail industry....

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Added on August 18, 2010, 9:56 am1 yr 2 mths experience at RM3.4k and somemore 5-6 mths bonus?
that's freaking awesome...you will be crazy to leave ur company...

This post has been edited by kevyeoh: Aug 18 2010, 09:56 AM

hahha... yea... all of them rich.. but thier staff get low salary

Wah, this is very nice. Hee... PM me the company name can ar?

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Added on August 18, 2010, 12:45 pmErm. True, I have my training in the company b4, construction is interesting, just the working hours is long la. So will try my coming internship in E&E field to decide which one I prefer. Thanks ya.

This post has been edited by kianchun555: Aug 18 2010, 12:45 PM

depends on you. if you're on cruise pay will be a little bit higher and more fun place onboard. but also more job.

like me, im onboard oil tanker. but i'm not electrical engineer. i'm marine engineer. but electrical engineer do have a gud lyf from what i've seen.

yup.

I understand what u meant. Working in LNG tanker or oil tanker like those MISC or Tenaga are getting high paid but once u onboard u will be home away maybe for months....That is the drawback...

Well, if u work offshore on platform maybe u can opt for 2 weeks on and 2 weeks off..Maybe u are away but not so long.....That is not so bad...The drawback is the high risk of danger...

well. 2weeks on/of for offshore. but do you know how much they've to work per day. it is about 12 hours per day. of course it'll be tiring to keep them longer. on ship, normal working hours is about 8hours per day. furthermore they stuck only in one place on the platform. while ships move around and you get the chances to visit other people country.

both side have almost similar risk.

both sides have pros n cons. and being away for long tym from home is what graduates nowadays fears. u want to earn big then u'll have to sacrifice.

Yes, 12hrs per day..6am eat, 9am tea, 12pm lunch, 3pm tea, 6pm break..After all it is still not that bad plus i work at control room somemore...Most of the time just job standby only ....i dont work at platform but i actually perform servicing work onboard...My company is the vendor.....If i were to choose i will work offshore rather than go on ship...

Job Title : Reliability Engineer
Job Desciption : Testing and Evaluation of product life
Years spent in company : 1 year
Company : Intel RnD
Location : Kulim, Kedah
Industry : Technology
Tenure : permanent
Employment Level : Exexutive.
Experience before joining : none, fresh grad
salary : RM 3.5k (Master Qualification)

This post has been edited by zahirani: Aug 18 2010, 04:06 PM

Agree. With all those break time and plus some of the servicehand just working inside the cabin and sometime go to rig floor i.e MWD, DD (no offence), these guys drawing GOOOOD offshore allowance and fishing supervisor also got high offshore allowance...

btw, i'm newbie from drilling contractor..just started, cant complaint...

i don't know man.. some people says.. working at this type of job: offshore/shiping etc.. it just like you trade your life with money man.. yes the income maybe much higher.. but the life with family n friends will be taken away from you..

time to go hang out with frens.. watching movies, go back to hometown during weekends.. gathering and so on..
if something emergency happens... can we really be there around people we love?

i think its depends on how much you want to sacrified , for me i choose the balance of both

Agreed. That's is absolutely correct.

If there is anything happen you really can't come back immediately. This is due to the availability of chopper. Not to say want to come back then can come back. Sometimes wheather not good chopper can't land at helideck need to wait for few days again to go back. Going back with Cargo boat??? Worst. Long hours plus the condition definitely will make you seasick.....