[quote=jacktai,Nov 2 2009, 10:06 PM]
I LOLed at this statement "You can easily earn 2-3k with your degree" . Stop being so proud about it . Btw, I am just a 23 years old diploma(I grad when I was 21) holder where my post now needs you to have degree with more than 2 years experience . "Without degree you will be forever stuck in 1-2k salary, unless you do sales/own a business. " this is another statement. Degree nowadays is nothing (but for those who pursuing their studies for Degree or higher I would say go for it, it is a good advantage with it) , work hard and know your own strength then you will surely excel no matter in any fields you are in. Then only you can demand the figures needed. I do respect a lot of 'forum' mers here gaining more than 10k per month even without degree

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As everyone working as employee know how important is your qualification. With a degree mean you are in par. Without it, the Co. won't even look at your resume. With a higher qualification mean you are in prestigious position then other staff. Without a degree, no matter how hard you work you will unable to reach manager level in normal Co. Unless you start your own Co. or its ur father Co.

Anyway, sad to tell, time had change, our dad or grandfather work hard & excel moment its a pass. When come to promotion, your qualification come first, then only your achievement. Some of my colleague work for 20years with SPM, still at the same post. Other with degree, just work for 4years already in manager level.

Welcome to a realistic world, little boy. Join it or leave it.

Unless you wanna be businessman, then that's another story. Or doing sales, which just need to good in talking & convince people.
But if you wanna compare to working in those peanut Co. then so sad your at that level only.

How many people without a proper education earning >10k. And how many suffer to survive. Try to do some statistic & some study.

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To get in nowadays, u need a degree. But if u are already inside, starting without a degree, u can still climb up to managerial level in some companies, for example a certain Anglo-Dutch O&G company

Shell, Exxon and Petronas are on 2 weeks on, 2 weeks off... better get the facts right

My bad then... but 1 thing tho, its not Shell per say who fix the offshore period for their contractors. At most, the medical officers, general helpers and material coordinators (all contractors) are either on 2 & 2 or 3 & 1. However, resources supplied to Shell for campaign work, for example by Petra or Sarku, are subjected to their respective paymasters.

Nope. If you want to compare east msian towns, between Kuching, KK and Miri, Miri is the most expensive, yet slightly cheaper than KL.

Sure ka? I dont remember KK being *that expensive* when I was based there for a year. In fact, now that I'm based in Miri, I would say Miri is more expensive than KK, almost equal to KL.

Maybe it's true, but even now, on and off I still go to KK and Labuan either on business or leisure, and time permits, I always come back to KL, yet I have not experienced a situation where the CoL is higher than KL.

Every year we have fatal road accidents and airplane crashes. I dont see the masses stop using cars or airplane for that matter

Except for mee kolo, I seriously doubt you can find < RM5 food in Miri. If you wanna cook yourself, the prepacked (canned, vacuumed, etc) food are more expensive than KL. Fresh produce is cheap. Poultry is similar to KL, beef is double KL's price, if you want the tenderloin, etc. Seafood in KK is way cheaper.

Only the petrol is kind to your wallet since Miri is a small city. Thats why I always do my grocery shopping in Brunei, and while I'm there, give my car a fill up as well, since its BD 0.58/liter for RON 97.

Bro, there are 4 IIRC petrol stations in Brunei that M'sian cars can go and pump at. It was 0.5BD/liter @ BD 10 max per M'sian car at 1 time. After the big huhha, and people started filling up spare container, they sold the petrol at equivalent to M'sian price/liter. Afterwards, the most recent I filled up, it went back to 0.58 @ 10 dollar max /car again.

Ever heard of Supa Save, Seria? It's within the BSP housing camp.

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Yep, they limit to BD10, at BD 0.58/liter, roughly around RM 1.4/liter for 97. The nearest gas station u can fill is at Sg Teraban (sp?), just before the toll bridge to Kuala belait.

This post has been edited by depster666: Jun 5 2010, 01:14 AM

Really? So far, have not been asked to fill up any form at Sg Teraban, and didnt have to go to the pump specific for m'sian cars. Probably that's why.

Yep, the kebab is good. Ben & Jerry, HD, and other imported stuff are cheaper than if you go and buy at GK supermarket in Miri. Not to forget the Escapade...

Are you with Tractors or Synergistic?

This post has been edited by depster666: Jun 5 2010, 08:06 PM

I'm on the client side. Sometimes we engage either Syn or Tractors when our emergency gensets went on vacation. Dunno how's the pay in Syn, or Tractors/SD for that matter, but my paymaster pays "above average". You can always apply online... they are hiring atm.

Nope. Red... the big yellow is our "jiran".

This post has been edited by depster666: Jun 6 2010, 12:40 AM

You can make the jump to operator, or bigger service providers. CNA is part and parcel of O&G. Taking a guess, you are with either Yoko, Emerson or Tri... There are a lot of service reps who made the jump to operators after several yrs with the vendors.

Loyalty and sentiment dont pay much these days...

Look at it this way, between SME and MNC, which 1 do you think would open more doors of opportunity for you in later years?

Of coz its familiar, the Senior Staff designation is the giveaway..

IT vs Engineering in O&G,

Fresh grads up to < 5 yrs experience = same pay scale (basic, standard remuneration package, e.g., relocation, home passage, etc). Anything extra comes when the person has to go offshore on ad-hoc basis and entitled to claim the daily rate allowance, regardless of IT or engineering. Those on rosters would get the additional fixed offshore allowance on top of the standard remuneration.

Progressing later up the ladder would see some segregation in benefits between technical and non-tech, e.g., technical allowance, retention payment, etc.

I'm not saying this is the typical payout standardization in O&G, but it is at least what my paymaster is currently practicing, and its a Fortune 500 company.

This post has been edited by depster666: Jan 17 2011, 07:06 PM