Hi guys,

Are there any expats out there? What package are you on at the moment and did you make the right decision to move to KL?
Considering $$$ vs Lifestyle, amenities etc.

Non-Malaysians moving into KL as expats?

Doubt if there are many of those in this forum.

This post has been edited by seantang: Mar 22 2007, 12:23 PM

What about, malaysians who have lived/worked abroad then come back?

If Malaysians come back to work in KL, they are locals, not expats.

what expats are you referring ,

cos .. in my expriences an Indian person ( from India ) on IT industry also called as an expats ... but ... the $$$ matter is only "peanuts" and staying in a rental "ROOM"

the package very depends on the industry .. and the background of this expats .. ( with family or without family )

some of the expats that i know .. is drawing about 100K ringgit per month (all In ) ,staying in bangsar or ampang area with driver for himself and one driver for his wife and chirldren , children goes to international school....

so , my friends that is called expats package ...

You should explain in details what do you mean by expats ?

I believe that is correct.....I doubt companies in malaysia be it MNC or local will match my current salary if i were to return home to work, regardless of experience and exposure. No?

Most companies will only give you expat pay if your employment home country is say, Australia (though you're Malaysian but have migrated to Aust for full time work), and you come back to Malaysia on assignment. As far as the company is concerned, they are sending an Australian employee to work as an expat in Malaysia. Your nationality is usually not the consideration.

refer to my experience.. my ex company do hire several foreign consultant.. imost of them from Britain.. so i think they qualify for term expart

about the salary earn... well far above the local can earn..
my consultant (engineer) earn around 70k per moth with transport and accommodations...
even my GM earn only 15-20k pmonth (muahahahha)

the one from India only earn around 10k per month

The best expat package I heard was...
Spore couple. The husband was asked to work at Penang. Drawing S$ monthly salary, daily pardium, car + fuels, apartments, children at international school... The wife was compensated with her 50% that time monthly salary (she was at another company) as she sacrificed her job to move to Penang with he husband!

last time i knew an expat frm amsterdam working on m'sia SMART Tunnel....but salary question is too sensitive 2 ask...

why pay them so high?

My dad's working as an expat for Shell. Shell pays for international school tuition, housing allowance of RM 10K / month. Expats get an expatriate bonus and hardship bonuses added onto their base salaries.

How much in a year? More than what ganz quoted. Of course it varies from field to field and from position to position. American expatriates make good money.

Cos you dont have one here

yea, as simple as that

after my amsterdam frenz went back to their home country...

i knew another expat frm switzerland...n this housewife told me how much she like our country n hope to stay here 4ever....suddenly make me feel so proud of my country....

This post has been edited by Amanda85: Mar 22 2007, 07:15 PM

Foreign expertise comes at a premium, and no one from overseas is willing to do work if you pay them less than they would earn in their home country. Simply nonsensical to do. Besides, you don't see small businesses hiring expats - it's all about the MNCs. They can afford to pay a premium in order to bring in people with knowledge about protocol in the corporation.

honestly i doubt that...

in term of technical knowledge.. few of local can do better.. but the only thing lack is the fact that .. we local look down to local opinion and decision... i've been working with them.. whenever we have a meeting with the Gov agency. what ever this expart said, the gov will node down and agree..

if we local are given the equal oppurtunity... we can do better.. that why,, so much malaysian nowadays start to work oversea esp in middle east.. they also expart (in the middle east)

beside of qualification....u also need credentials....tat's more important...



This post has been edited by Amanda85: Mar 22 2007, 07:41 PM

hmm whats the diff?

To let other believe/trust in you.