Hi all,

Im asking for my fren.

What do you think about a master grad working 1 yr+ in office job earning rm4k, age 28? Is it underpay?

Best if head hunter called you and offer. they usually ask how much you expecting xD

Age: 30
Job Title : Staff Electronic Design Engineer
Job Description : Component Logic Design
Years spent in company : 2 months
Company : MNC
Industry : Semiconductor
Tenure : Permanent
Employment Level : Executive
Experience before joining : 8
salary : RM120k per annum (including allowances, bonuses, profit sharing).

Fair compensation?

Charlton: 10k per month..thats awesum..worth of experience.

wow.. means u start working at age 22? many still studying during that age. Congrats to ur acievemnt

only 8 years 2 months exp can get this kinf of salary, congratulation for your achievement.

Some more you are still young, can be move more further.

Does he got any work experience before taking his/her master? Or he just continued his master after his/her degree and started to work @ 26?

He start work around age 27. Before he study masters got work 1 yr+ but not really related field. Is it underpay since he near 30s liao. Like charllton, near 30s i tot ppl will earn around 5k min to 10k

Fairly good to compare with account fresh grad students

You should ask another rm300-RM400 or find a better organisation to join.

It makes a difference... Go google QS world ranking, and try to join the highest ranking university as u can. It will not only boost u for your 1st job, but it will follows u in the remaining of your life. The network and your background are all important if u want to climb up to higher management. Ppl will judge u based on your background 1st before they really know u, that is real world. Another thing is the network provided by the top uni is very valuable, do u ever wonder how ppl can get into Goldman?

ya True...Good university have great network.

There will be never an end if we keep comparing someone's salary with someone's income. What we will need to know over this subforum is either the pay is stick to the market line or not.

What sort of office job he is working with? Where is the work place?

If you're saying it's kind of less when comparing to people like Charlton, why don't you compare to others which is lower? And I can see there's LOT of people here tend to post their income here if they earn a lot. Or earn quite okay, and those who earn terribly low would rather to say cannot be seen over here. 28 years old with 4k salary, how many of them can get this nowadays in Malaysia?

Yup my fren is do office job. I know cant compare thats why give his situation and ask if he underpay. So u mean he is underpay?

What field is his company into? What position he is now? Office job can be a lot. And where is the office located. If you say it's in Sabah and this 4k can mean a lot.

the company is manufacturing and he is executive staff.. just do office thing not like special position accounting or engineer or wat. Not sure the job but exec la. In Penang.

But problem is going to be age 30 soon and got masters summore. 4k not underpay?

since the job is not special, the pay also not special lo....
4k i think pretty average?

im not sure but i think the job is not like office boy or wat la. Just that not really those specialize like accountant or doctor that need study many many years. So u think 4k is not underpay? seem like very less la consider the age. Normal ppl around age 30 usually earn average 6-7k right. I dun think my fren can catch up few k in 1 or 2 yrs... most also increment get few hundred bucks

Master has no difference with Degree nowadays and probably you can get slightly higher salary at the starting point. For instance if I am degree holder and work for years under the company and once I get my master I can get increment for about few hundreds, of course depends on company but normally this is how it work.

Education background will help when you are asking for more starting salary but if you're working at ordinary stuffs, you will stick to that level forever.

4K for normal office job is considered a lot. People won't pay you because of your certification and they pay you for what you are able to do for them.

Then if like dat no point really to study master right? Example normal ppl come out work age 23. Then start salary fresh grad is 2.4k average. Every increase 10% when reach age 28 is around 3.8k. Plus promotion cos work so long will be around 5k - 6k.

Study master 2 yrs will just come out start salary 3k then no chance promotion cos not enuff working exp and depend on increment maybe reach like my fren 4k.

That is not totally correct.

Certain position require the staff to have specific certification, like MBA. In order to get that position you have to obtain that qualification.

Normally people will go for Master Degree when they want to get higher position, or they want to involve in Education related career, like a lecturer.

Master Degree is relatively useless and not practical especially if it's a Science degree. Unless you can get into the right company or the company needs your research.