Looks like its always my mum or my dad or my friend...

unless he is telling you nett salary (gross 16k) or he dont pay tax

once you reach 10 then u realised tax is high and to get 10k nett is the goal
once you reach 10knett ie 14k gross. then you wan higher...

its never enough

i've muliplied my basic 9X since 5 years back but only this year i felt Ok....
planning is essential

This post has been edited by BRC: Mar 6 2013, 11:40 AM

O&G - Subsea
9x from my first drawn salary as a sales engineer back then
of coursei'm not in sales now

Job Title : Subsea Enginer
Job Desciption : Subsea Hardware/Interventions
Years spent in company : 5 years
Company : MNC
Industry : O&G
Tenure : Permanent, Office based (Malaysia)
Experience before joining : 1 year not relavent
basic salary : RM 17.8k
Benefits : Medical, Vehicle Allowance
Holiday Entitlement: 20 days

Really depends on industry
Do more research
You'll be suprised

seriously give them the finger and find something else...
grad pay 1.2k?

increase after 3 months is a joke...
u expecting 2K after 3 months? thats >50% increase...
they will tell you impossible at the end of 3 months

where's your location

O&G no engineers?
dude seriously???

well HR is often mis-read as they tend to forget their role.
HR should be working for the Employee interms of benefits/welfare/payroll/etc

but when HR goes into things like taking out benefits, telling you that you're late, looking for improper attire... they start to work against the employee, hence forgetting that HRM stands for Human Resource Management in the first place...
from this point on, they are seen as how we see prefects in our schooling days...
study like you, eat like you but have to prick in everything you do/do wrong and have more for themselves....

So HR ppl, remember.
you are the linkl between the employer and the employee....
you help create a harmonious environment not vice versa

so don't spoil whats good and bring on the bad then ppl will start appreciating HR

Lets put another POV
My friend. My fresh grads makes more than you (7.5k)
After two years working

1) nope

its quite obvious its gross...
when you hit tax brackets... nett matters but do you think that offer letter states nett?