How to retain when they will be offered double or triple their compensation with Middle-East companies etc?

Any HR Petronas in the house?
Just want to ask, I asked for my SI to be rescheduled when HR called me last month, due to my current job commitment. But never get the feedback since. Is it true that my application has been back to the bottom of the list of applicants? 

Nope, I went to a State School in the Mid-West. Cheap and had loads of fun (too much fun actually). I got accepted to John Hopkins but decided not to go there because

1. It would be bloody expensive (though I was not paying it ... but had this thought that I "may" not want to work with Petronas for so long) and my 18 year old mind wanted to have a bit more fun than going to school with super geniuses in JH.

The total cost for the state school was less than RM180K at the time (or was it 150K) but guess what happened, I spent my entire 10 year bond with Petronas      so lesson learned, never trust an 18 year old person can make good judgement heh heh heh ...... (that's probably why Petronas now has the right to choose which unis you go to)

But still, I had loads of fun in my uni and I didn't turn out too bad     

Woah..haha, but at least you paid your bond and contributed so much to petronas, damn, you actually did them a big favor by helping them to save money since you went to a much cheaper state school.. haha. and the fun doesn't stops there, i do attest that you are still having alot of fun now, albeit with even more $$ with you right now

All in all, i think petronas is a company worth working for, despite all the negativities that has been rumoured around. it is after all a huge oil company in SEA, and arguably top 500 in the world.

Not sure if fresh grads should register to BEM before or once after started working for PETRONAS. If the former is right where can a Professional Engineer be easily found to certify the degree scroll and transcript?

not true, my SI was rescheduled 3 time and today is my SI (4th time) and i already go through it nicely. hope i will success on that SI...wish me luck

Well, good luck to you  . may i know the time they responded back to you for new date? is it because of your request to reschedule or their's?
thanks.

It is a good company to work for. Excellent training bar none, and a fun place to work in. It all depends on the situation and opportunity you're faced with. I always told my friends that at the time when I left, if Petronas had been quicker in changing their remuneration scheme, if Petronas did not have the stupid "You are now a Manager tetapi diatas tangga gaji yang sama .... (effin stupidest policy ever)", I would have stayed and not entertained all the "marriage" proposals. But things were the way they were. Some of my contemporaries are now General Managers in Petronas and they are enjoying the fruit of their labor an loyalties. It may happen to a lot of you who joined.

My career path is different and may soon changed as well so I am enjoying the moment and maybe I'll return someday to Petronas   

It is a good company to work for. Excellent training bar none, and a fun place to work in. It all depends on the situation and opportunity you're faced with. I always told my friends that at the time when I left, if Petronas had been quicker in changing their remuneration scheme, if Petronas did not have the stupid "You are now a Manager tetapi diatas tangga gaji yang sama .... (effin stupidest policy ever)", I would have stayed and not entertained all the "marriage" proposals. But things were the way they were. Some of my contemporaries are now General Managers in Petronas and they are enjoying the fruit of their labor an loyalties. It may happen to a lot of you who joined.

My career path is different and may soon changed as well so I am enjoying the moment and maybe I'll return someday to Petronas   

You can always try for Petroleum Engineering or Reservoir Engineering BUT, you will face competition with those who has a Petroleum Engineering degree. 7-8 years ago, Petronas was still taking in Chem E student and converting them to PE due to the shortage of people doing PE degrees. Now with UTP and a lot of students coming back with PE degrees, I think it would be difficult now but then again, I may be wrong.

I second this. I'm a new RE and all of my newly-joined colleagues are from PE background, from UTP and around the world.
For CE most of them will be sent to plants & regional offices but he might be put under Development Division in KLCC if he's lucky. A bunch of my CE batchmates are there

Salam Bro Azraeil,

I met one of your collegue now in EPTC working as value assurance as RE. I bet you know him. He is like you. But is he working with your previous boss. These days doc N not as hard as u went thru. Last time during town hall, he is complaining few of his staff has less than 8 hours. That comes to his attention only when hr inform him. But his words be sakit telinga. Maki n fu is normal. Just tahan la.

Maybe one day you will rejoin petronas back. Prsb??

Yeah. Home is still the best place to be, btw bro azraeli, since you're at Aramco, wanted to clarify some doubts regarding the middle east.. Is oil supply running out very soon in saudi arabia?