I came across this article in Star today about "Experts are saying that RM2,500 is sufficient for fresh grads, provided they limit their expenses on luxurious items." What are your thoughts on this? Can we survive with RM2500 working in kl or s'gor area?

with 2500 u can just sleep eat work and repeat.. yes can survive if u do this..

one day eat once, no beer no smoking.

buy kancil second hand, put 95, + most important " forever alone"

witk 2.5k, why cannot? all is depends on individual lifestyle

bro, my salary only 2000, but i still survive leh

2.5K. after epf around 2,2K.

rent room : 300.
TnG : 100
Utiliti + dobby : 50
Eat : RM 20 x 30 =RM 600

anything else that i miss?

U MISS PIAP PIAP

u try ask those works in service line....most range 1k - 2k salary.....

how they survive u think?

i used to survive with 2300 just a year ago. I drive to work, and my workplace is in Bangsar. How do i go around making my ends meet?

Get up as early as 6 to get the allocated free parking, so I saved MYR7 a day for parking. Breakfast at the office pantry, hot milo and the biscuits. Lunch alone ( usually the 6.90 Subway) as most of my colleague always go for Secret Recipe, San Fran, Dome and all the established eateries. Stay back until 7pm, (the traffic is horrendous anyway, so choose the lesser of two evils) , went the office gym until 930 and dinner with biscuits and milo again back at the same pantry.

andddd my officemates called me the boy with the water bottle cause I bring my 1L bottle of plain water everywhere I go. You seriously save a lot when you bring your own drink.

In retrospect, I automatically geared myself to survive with any amount of paycheck given.

True after all deductions about 2.2k. pay car, insurance, phone bills, petrol, toll, parking, groceries..

Lawl....my gaji only rm1.4k ma...and i work at pj..and i still can live....haha...and if i got that 2.5k salary,that big enuff for me...

thats good.. but i live in cheras, work in pj. going through the jam everyday is not worth it. add toll and petrol money somemore.

2.5k abit suffer to live in KL nowadays

This post has been edited by mattemily_85: Oct 8 2014, 12:55 PM

humans' strongest ability is adaptation. that's y we on top of the food chain. so pandai-pandai lah with the 2.5k.

if you're asking can survive or not the answer is yes. But doing anything other than surviving, the answer is no.

petrol: 250
ptptn: 150
insurance: 150
car: 500
ulitities/groceries: 200
parents: 300
rent: 300
tng: 100
car maintainence: 200
phone: 50

sometimes you need to buy stuff here and there 200... (to replace old stuff, not for leisure). So yeah, there goes all your salary...

2.5k can survive.i agree..but u have to forgo ur desire to buy the unnecessary stuff.

2.5k a lot bro.. changed to ngv..

RM 2500 for fresh grads without experience? Something is not right here

This post has been edited by danny_rocker: Oct 8 2014, 02:13 PM

When I was fresh grad, my salary is RM2k.. I still can survive.. lol..

How? No astro, no movie, no entertainment..

Let me guess:

U drive motorcycle to work.
Stay with parents where all utilities paid by parents, cook dinner for you on weekdays, weekend go outing with parents and they paid.
Don't own fancy Handphone or computer
Eat RM4 for lunch (mixed rice with 2 vege).
Do not have insurance.


Back to topic, 2.5k is survivable but exposed to risks like without retirement planning (not much saving), low insurance protection, etc. Rely on EPF for retirement? Don't think it's enough to survive for 25 years above.

This post has been edited by almeizer: Oct 8 2014, 03:01 PM