Luck yes, but I would say with minimal role.
Join a good company, leverage your strengths, you can move up faster than the others. Maximize your potential and gain as much as you can when you are still young.
Be passionate in your job, with passion things move faster.

My university friends, same field, same Degree and one of them with a better result than mine; yet I'm earning more than them, about 1.5x or more depending on locations.
I'm lucky because I was accepted to join a good company and with wonderful working environment.
This triggers my passion and I always strive to learn as much as I can. My ex-bosses can see my effort and fought the best remuneration package for me every year.
I'm still in the same company but I was being recommended to another superior and have taken up a new role beginning of this year and reporting to a new manager. Tougher life but I know this is the best arrangement for me.

r u sure underpaid RM6800 @ 28 years old? 

Ok what....internal audit manager, how many people reporting under you?

Mana tau, I might be one of them hahaha.

Yeah, I do understand and my family has been bugging me to own a property soon.
Still, as a contractor, it is difficult to get bank loan. That's the reality.
Well, let me be a permanent staff one day, then I think I'll be eligible.

Sadly, I don't have a BF to share the pain with me. I'm a workaholic, in a way...

smaller company tends to give better increment than big mncs if you are a key player but intense working life and long working hours are sacrifices one has to make.

Now that i am with the new company, my increment for the coming years might not be as great as what i had achieved before but nonetheless i will do whatever it takes to get me the highest ratings for my performance appraisal.

Of coz it depend which come more.

Bonuses normally you need to tahan till the year end only get it, and high increment help u to jump further in next job.

definately better increment.. with better increment u will stand better chance for promotion and etc as well...\
The logic behind is that , if you can perform and that your basic is closer to the salary for the next position, you tend to get shortlisted easier.

Better Increment.. better bonus... 

increment of 2-3% is not even an increment at all!

normally applicable for the guys who gets ranked " needs improvement"

if u get this kind of ranking u also wont get good bonus lah

Hi, i'm a fresh grad, i get an offer as system tester which 2.7k, but i'm wanna try network field first.

if i accept the 1st job as system tester, 1 year later, i jump to a network base company like huawei or mesiniaga for a different position like system engineer or network engineer.

My question is : will my salary will increase? or remain? or decrease ? because my previous working experience and background is different.

Thanks

Thanks for the reply, another question is, current i get few offers, if i turn them down, but few years i apply again for the same company, will they reject me because i rejected them before? or they will re-consider again?

But i rejected their first offer, they won't blacklisted me?

How much % increment is suitable to ask for after 1 year of working?

I'm an associate system engineer, current salary is 2.6k.
Am a fresh grad before that.

Job Title : Onsite Desktop Engineer
Age: 28
Job Description :Monitoring system, deploy & configure user pc & nb, analyst and testing the network, fix system breakdown etc related to computer.
Years spent in company : 2 months
Company : IT Service & Support
Location: PJ
Industry : IT
Tenure : contract
Employment Level : Jr
Experience before joining : 4 Years
salary : RM 2500
Benefits : None

ok or not.. 

Number of years of experience is only a rough indicator. Its the quality of the experience that counts.

Hi all,

My new post after promotion

Years spent in company : 5 years (prior places 7 years)
Company : Local Bank
Industry : Banking
Tenure : Permanent
Employment Level : Assistant General Manager
Experience before joining : 7 years with MNC bank and another local bank
salary : RM 15K
Benefits: medical claim, allowance for business trip, phone, car, entertainment, bonus +- 4-6 months.
Age : 37

Think I am underpaid. Would start looking outside this year for better pay.

Cutiepooh,

I am with the Cash Mgmt Dept - Product Mgmt/Development.

Rgrds

Sorry but could you rephrase? I cant understand what u are trying to say.

Prada,

AGM at local bank is equivalent to SVP (Mid). Senior Manager = VP entry and Mgr = AVP.

I am another level to GM which entitled me to handle a Division. That is why I am stating that I am underpaid. FYI, I have already 23 people reporting to me.

The GM's are getting about 30K min. and up to 50K p/month.

I am expecting atleast 20K p/month.

Rgrds

Only the title changed. Feel like a junior....manager. 
The bank has a extensive corporate ladder, so just a manager is still at the bottom.
And it is said that the market is slowing down and the bank is taking a cautious approach...blah blah blah, But having my salary being bumped up about the amount that I got, I guess I am contented.

Maybe when I decide to leave next year or so, I can get a better pay raise, using the title as a leverage and the amount of time I took to be promoted.

That's the sad reality in M'sia banking industry. You need to be at least a VP as real manager.

Last year when I was working in a local bank, Assist. Manager title, only RM4k+

Title is just a title. My boss is at managerial level yet her title is just a Consultant.

What matters more is the salary and yeah her pay says it all.

To me, monetary is the most important thing for me. I'm safely to say I'm earning quite comfortably for just a puny potato Exec.

I want to post as well

Years spent in company : 2 years 3 months
Company : MNC
Industry : IT
Tenure : permanent
Employment Level : Senior Exec
Experience before joining : fresh grad
salary : RM 4k basic + 3-4k pm implementation allowance
Benefits: Insurance claim, corporate saving account + reduced Loan interest with bank, Al + MC
Age : 27

Yes, I think am lucky. No, am not happy, cause I have lots of commitments.

lol... sometimes i would purposely delay the payments by 2 or 3 days... just to wow at my own acc balance :-P

Age: 26
Job Title : SAP Functional Analyst
Job Desciption : SAP FI
Years spent in company : 1.5
Company : Consulting
Industry : Manufacturing
Tenure : Permanent
Employment Level : Senior analyst
Experience before joining : 1 year in telco
salary : RM 4k + RM600 transport allowance

What do you think of my salary at age 26? I think it's just normal right? Many ppl can be higher than me at 26. Target to get a promotion soon.

How I wish that's the case.
Anyway, 13th month contractual bonus is mandatory in Singapore, Indonesia and Philippines. At least these are what I have known of as what my counterparts told me. Too bad, that's not the case in Malaysia...

Current job

Age : 29
Education: Degree
Company : French MNC
Job Title : Technician
Industry: Oil & Gas
Years spent in company : 3
Experience before joining : 2.5 years
Salary:  AUD4150
Allowance: AUD2000 living allowance(not taxable)
Benefit: 9% superannuation annually. Healthcare plan. Phone and laptop provided. Claim taxi fares to work everyday. Flight tickets back to home country for family annually.
Location: Australia

Starting new job in 2 months time.

Age : 29
Education: Degree
Company : US MNC
Job Title : Senior Field Service Engineer
Industry: Natural Resources
Years spent in company : Soon
Experience before joining : 5.5 years
Salary:  AUD7.7k
Allowance: None.
Benefit: 9% superannuation annually + 5% profit sharing of basic salary minimum annually (last year was 15% based on company's performance). Need to provide own healthcare plan. Company provided relocation assistance up to AUD$15k.
Location: Australia

Are you in the same line as him (OnG)?

What type of job are you looking for? My company transferred me over from Singapore to Australia, therefore I had a chance to look for another job in Aussie. I have to admit it is quite difficult to find a job in Aussie maybe due to a few reasons:
1) Skin color
2) Not a PR
3) Degree not recognised

But you never know unless you try. I think you should give it a go. Let me know if you have any questions and I will try to help.