Whooosh... Fantastic pay scale you all...

My humble lil' input...

Job : Plant Developmental Geneticist (truth: Over-glorified farmer.... )
Job Description : Responsible for the development of high yielding commercial crop varieties (together with research team) and the improvement
and production of high quality planting materials (head of unit); Managing lab operations pertaining to research work; Assist in the
management and field implementation of scientific research findings
Company : KLSE listed company (The "David" amongst the "Goliaths" )
Industry : Palm Oil sector
Tenure : Renewable contract
Education level : BSc, MSc (on-going)
Experience : Nil prior to joining the industry (Unless consider the short stints I had while pursuing my BSc)
Salary : Prefer not to mention (unless you PM me lar..), but within the range of 2.5-3.0k basic starting...

Benefits:
House provided with furniture and basic fittings, water and electricity FOC, gardener provided who can double up as house keeper. Fuel usage can be claimed for all official work (if I use my own car). Company vehicle provided. Initial few years guaranteed fixed bonus, after which will go depending on company performance (sorta like profit sharing concept lor...). Medical expenses covered completely by company, extremely long paid holidays (almost two months wei.... although i rarely take any.... ), Hardship Compensation should I need to carry out exploration field research studies.


Drawback(s):
Depending on individual view... For me, I see little or no drawback as I'm passionate about my research work and enjoy the flexibility of research given to me. Only thing is I'm short of quality staff.... Remuneration package given, I find it highly appreciable for a young scientist like me. Normal daily working hours last for 8 hours, but honestly only a lazy (or useless) scientist will work for 8hours a day.


Given my young age and relative infancy in the industry compared to other senior scientists, I feel blessed for being able to pursue my dreams.


And ya, being in the plantation industry really is good for saving money as the temptation to spend, spend, and spend some more isn't there. Unfortunately I don't save as much as another brother here because I sorta "donate" a big part of my income to my car...