Lol? I'm on the same boat but the other way round. I'm from pmt and feel like going back to technical. Got a good degree in chemical and don't feel like wasting it. OnG not doing well, and lack of projects. My skills is not as transferable like a Chem or process engineer. And I am easily replaceable, merely a focal point coordinator that every fresh grad can do. I believe u feel the same too. Our career path moves to a PM, and most PM works like dog but rewarding. When recession, hard to find a specific job out there. Change industry also difficult compared to a generalist chem/proc eng.

Just a matter of time you will forget how to use your simulation software etc lol

I think is how u view and enjoy it

Have you ever worked in SG before?

No malaysian will ever think of getting a car unless on expat packages / >10k SGD. Because? Common sense and I can rent wherever i want. In msia your car is a necessity for work. My VP is making ~20k SGD and he takes the bus to work. In fact, the sense of fulfilment taking bus to work here is greater than driving a fking car in a jam. Personally I take only a 10 minutes bus to work. My previous CPY the office building was directly across 1 street away.

Assuming RM 9k, save RM 3k a month, that makes it 1k SGD. Plus a decent condo room/studio cost 1.5kSGD

Balance RM6k (If include car, higher income tax rate, etc even lesser) vs SGD2.5k. With SGD2.5k in SG, I am very safe to say the spending power is equivalent to ~RM6-7k in msia, with decent nights out drinking & smoking & travel all around.



Every goods is cheaper in SG for the currency u earn (Except car + housing). Iphone 7 ~1ksgd vs rm3k+, Polo tee RM100 vs SGD30, Topshop pants RM250 vs SGD80, rubbish snacks RM3 vs 1.5SGD, Bottled water RM3 vs SGD1


Anyway RM9k is alot too. Considering you dont get CPF here as an EP, he could try nego for extra 10% to make it up

and when was that?

3 years ago it was 2.5+ to 1.0. Now it is 3 to 1.

Secondly, inflation picked up too rapidly in Msia with shitty economic climate blundering in compared to SG. I dont remember a bloody milo ice costed me Rm2.5 and it pisses me off to see things rised up so fast in bolehland.

If 10 years ago, its acceptable to say RM9k > 5k SGD. Now, its more less comparable. The only trouble is if he accepts 5ksgd and work for some time, when go back msia need strong bargaining power to jump well well above 9k RM