Hmm...maybe this a chance to get to know fellow IT people of the same industry...
*Job title:Helpdesk specialist
*Company: IBM
*Location: Cyberjaya
*Project team/support team: IBM internal helpdesk, some other project teams as well...
*Job description: L1 support for ASEAN region
*Language support: Mainly English, alternate languages are Thai/Indo/Philipino/Japanese, depending on project supported...
schedule: 5 days week, alternate weekends...no crazy shifts for ASEAN region supp, some projects might require 24x7 supp...
*Tenure: contract
*Basic salary: RM 1800- RM 2500
*Allowance: shift-NIL--> unless 24x7 supp required, transport-300, meal-NIL
*Additional benefits: 14 days medical leaves, 14 days annual leaves, medical claims...not much, but considered good as it is a contract position...oh, and they normally have a 1 month contractual annual bonus as well, yearly increment depending on performance...
*Job title:L1 support
*Company: Shell IT
*Location: Cyberjaya
*Project team/support team: Internal helpdesk consists of multiple teams, including standard helpdesk, password team, etc etc...
*Job description: L1-L3 global support
*Language support: Mainly English, depending on region supported
*Schedule: 12 hr shift, 4 days work, 3 days rest, then 3 days work, 4 days rest...but might have changed
*Tenure: contract, might have chances to get converted to permanent staff though
*Basic salary: RM 125- more than RM 300 per day, depending on level supported
*Allowance: shift-450, transport-NIL, meal-NIL
*Additional benefits: NOTHING, u only get cash from this, no leaves, no medicals, no nothing...increment of salary is seldom heard among contractors

*Job title:Technical support
*Company: Dell
*Location: Penang
*Project team/support team: ANZ Client support
*Job description: Home based/small business customer support
*Language support: English
*Schedule: 5 days week, alternate weekend/sunday support, 24x7 support required according to schedule
*Tenure: Permanent
*Basic salary: Above RM2200
*Allowance: shift-depending on shift, counts by day, transport-NIL, meal-canteen allowance available, but will last u maximum 2 weeks normally...
*Additional benefits: annual/medical leaves, vehicle interest subsidiary, OT rates, yearly/performance based bonuses, etc....