7 years as engineer & 1 year experience prior joining = 8 years all together? How far are you from being a PE? I earned more than you after 2 years as engineer many years ago.

I know one bumi PE earns around 15k basic in a bumi company. Do not have a lot to do since his technical skill is very shocking.

Hi guys, after reading so many posts here I feel kinda sad that engineers in malaysia earn so low. Here's mine for comparison:

Age: 20
Job Title : Software Tester
Job Desciption : Software Testing
Years spent in company : 4 months
Company : Canadian
Location: Canada
Industry : Smartphone
Tenure : Intern/Co-op
Experience before joining : 2 months
Salary : RM 11.5k after tax
Allowance : 0
Working Period : 5 days
Education Level: 3rd year..studying for degree

No wonder malaysia got shortage of engineers..huhu

Wow....u're just 20 and u already got yr degree and earn 5 figure salary?
Did u grad from overseas Uni?

that bcoz hes so smart to convert his canadian dollar to RM and not realising hes in canada, spending in canadian dollar.

This post has been edited by Looi: Dec 17 2009, 06:13 PM

Yeah I agree. All engineers should go to canada.

You're quite right. I'm earning about 3.5k CAD, but from what I've seen here a fresh grad programmer with a degree is lucky to make RM2k-3k and I have only just finished my 2nd year in uni. Plus, taking monthly expenses into account, I would say its about the same as living in KL (around 600-800/month).

So I still think engineers in Malaysia is undervalued.

This post has been edited by eb0nY & iv0ry: Dec 17 2009, 10:33 PM

But you must know earning CAD3.5K does not equal to earning RM11.5K in Malaysia unless you earn CAD and spend RM in Canada.

It is not absolutely correct to say that Engineers earn a low pay in Malaysia. My company is paying fresh grat Engineers RM3K to RM3.5K depending on qualifications.

You are half-right about that. I'm spending CAD as far as necessary expenses are concerned, but I'm saving up to spend some RM when I return to Malaysia.

This post has been edited by eb0nY & iv0ry: Dec 17 2009, 10:36 PM

yeah i know but does he mean tht he graduated with diploma?

No la..where got time to get diploma..
20 y/o already 3rd year..finish SPM 17 y/o..
unless i buy those fake cert from one of those no name unregistered uni

Job Title : Senior BI Consultant
Job Desciption : Implementation of BO projects, and BW upgrade projects
Years spent in company : Just join 1 month
Company : Consulting firm in Malaysia
Industry : Consulting
Tenure : Permanent
Employment Level : Project Lead / Senior Consultant
Experience before joining :
Age 21 -> [Perm] A MNC-user company doing trading and fmcg - project implementations and support. RM2k per Month
Age 23 -> [Contr] A MNC-user Oil & Gas company doing support - RM1.1k per Day
Age 24 -> [Contr] A consulting firm in Europe, travel around europe for project - €300 per Day.
Current salary : 4 figure only, becoz is permanent and they are sending me for trainings and certification courses.

that is amazing man.

mind to tell what qualifications do you have?

Field : Semiconductor
Years of Exp : 4 years
Position : Snr Engineer
Salary : 5k
Age : 28

Underpaid?

as someone said, go to canada to earn 10k

PM him for details ...

Job Title : Agronomist
Job Desciption : Specialist in agronomy
Years spent in company : 1+
Industry : Agriculture
Tenure : permanent
Employment Level : Executive (I think)
Experience before joining : freelance (6 months)
salary : RM 3k not including allowance and all.

hey, wanna ask is it true that any fresh grad with degree holder will get at least rm2.2k ?

Join MNC like HP or IBM

huh ??
wat about others ?

each company salary differs. it depends on your luck too