I need some advice from all sifu here. I changed my jobs on Jan 18, I don't really like the environment in the new company. I plan to have a move soon. But I am in dilemma on the salary. Should I put my expectation salary 20% more from current salary or stay with my current salary for my jobs hunting? If I change my job now, it is will give a bad impression to the interviewer? I only work for 4 month only, but I have 5 year working experience before I joined this company

This post has been edited by yxl: May 29 2018, 09:47 AM

You can't guarantee that if u jump company again, the environment would be any better, right?

What will you answer if your interviewer ask "why jump company after only working for 4 months?"

agree be prepared wit all these questions first..
unless u really dun like the culture or the system of the company tat makes u wanan leave soo badly
then u can point them out to ur new employer..

else, in terms of salary wise, u oni worked for 4mths n u wanna put ur salary higher already? tat's a risk to not getting anything instead..

2 cents here~

I would say it's 80% technical and 20% management (procurement, schedule coordination). Right now, I am still dealing with general technical job for that is typical for a mechanical design engineer. Planning to get into one or two specialized skills and jump ship already. It's just that there's not that much opportunities to grow for design engineer in Malaysia.

This post has been edited by Harfan: May 29 2018, 08:14 PM

Job Title : lawyer
Job Description : lawyer
Age : 29
Years spent in company : 5 years
Company : -
Tenure : permanent

Experience before joining (years) : none, straight join for chambering after getting qualification
Highest paper qualification/ education background : LLB , CLP
Location : KL
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 40 hours
Monetary Payout
Basic Salary : RM 5,300 (started with RM3.3k salary)
Bonus : 3 months

Benefits (where relevant)
Health Benefits : up to rm300 a year in 'special medical needs' including dental etc. no medical card but all doctor fees claim from company
Transport Benefits : rm450 transport allowance
Mobile / Internet / Gadget Benefits : none
Flexi Working Hours : as long work is done, can leave at 6pm. need to work weekends but able to claim reimbursement.
Holiday: 17 day AL, 14 day MC

not sure what's the 'market rate' for salaried lawyer nowadays.

I think the only reason acceptable to anyone for u to quit a company you have been working only 4 month are if u discovered that the company are doing something illegal and against your core principles. Other than that, itll only look bad on you, might shows that u are weak, not loyal, complainers etc. and 4 month is hardly enough to demand a pay rise as well, unless u didnt get any pay rise when u joined your current company from prevous job

This post has been edited by spoonudus: Jun 2 2018, 12:06 AM

Job Title: Consultant
Job Desciption: c#, .net, mssql,
Age: 26
Years spent in company: 3 months
Industry: IT
Tenure: Permanent
Employment Level: Exec
Experience before joining (years): 9 months in unrelated field, learn the language by myself while helping my previous boss implement system
Highest paper qualification/ education background: Diploma
Location: PJ
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 40-50 hrs

Basic Salary + Fixed Allowance: around rm 3.7k - 3.9k gross
Contractual Bonus (months): n/a
Performance, Variable Bonus & Commissions (months): performance based. not sure yet. increment also based on performance. fix amount not by %. some senior got 200-500 but got 0.

Health Benefits: RM1500/year
Transport Benefits: n/a
Mobile / Internet / Gadget Benefits: -
Flexi Working Hours: -
Other Benefits: sometimes business trip.


It's not very high at this age unlike many others who posted here, but I'm actually very contented with what I have now especially with my terrible past and also I only have a diploma.

This post has been edited by xHj09: Jan 9 2019, 10:26 PM

Job Title : Senior Executive
Job Desciption : Analyst, benchmarking, reporting
Age : 30
Years spent in company : 2 years
Company : Construction
Industry : Construction
Tenure : Permanent
Experience before joining (years) : 5 years
Highest paper qualification/ education background : BA (Hons) Marketing
Location : Selangor
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 8 hours

Monetary Payout
Basic Salary : RM 5700
Bonus : 1 month


Is this salary considered okay for Senior Exec at my age????? Company going through shitstorm right now so I'm bracing for impact.

Job Title : Software Developer
Job Desciption :Develop softwares (PHP, Java, JS, Html, all sorts), recently participated in high tech research in software development area.
Age : 25
Years spent in company : 2
Company : -
Industry : ICT
Tenure : Permanent
Employment Level : Junior
Experience before joining (years) : 0
Highest paper qualification/ education background : Degree (Electrical and Electronic Engineering)
Location : Sarawak
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 40 hours

Monetary Payout
Basic Salary + Fixed Allowance : RM3800~
Contractual Bonus (months): none
Performance, Variable Bonus & Commissions (months) : 1-2 mths

Benefits (where relevant) :
Standard benefits

Am i underpaid?

your salary will only get better. hang in there.

Job Title : IT Technicians
Job Desciption :format/troubleshoot/software installations/printer/server
Age :26 this years
Years spent in company :4months
Company :-
Industry : IT
Tenure :permanent
Employment Level : -
Experience before joining (years) : mostly unrelated such as ventured to makan2 business, supervised in nightclub etc,but interned as web editor
Highest paper qualification/ education background :Diploma, flunked my deg in final sems
Location :Bintulu
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 49hr (include 1hr lunch monday to friday) saturday half day, 8-5

Monetary Payout
Basic Salary + Fixed Allowance : RM 1950 ( started at 1800, increment after probations 3months, ^100 + 50 for phone)
Contractual Bonus (months): 1 mnths/2months from what ive heard frm senior


Benefits (where relevant) :
Health Benefits : claims
Transport Benefits : none, but during working hours, drivers are ready
Mobile / Internet / Gadget Benefits : 50 for phone
Flexi Working Hours : -
Other Benefits : - accommodations covered (More like hostel +electric+water bills), 3 meal provided.

i read about getting cert MCSE/CCNA is a good options , need more opinion on how to advances my career and ofcoz mooar $$

This post has been edited by yyKai: Jun 12 2018, 08:56 AM

Job Description : Sales
Age : 31
Years spent in company : 7 years
Company : -MNC
Tenure : permanent

Experience before joining (years) : 2
Highest paper qualification/ education background :Degree
Location : KL
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 40 hours
Monetary Payout
Basic Salary : RM 8,500 (started with RM3.5k salary)
Comm : 11 mth

Benefits (where relevant)
Health Benefits : up to rm600 including dental and optical etc. no medical card but all doctor fees claim from company
Transport Benefits : upon claim
Mobile / Internet / Gadget Benefits : 120
Flexi Working Hours : as long work is done,

New offer 1


Job Description : Sales
Basic Salary :SGD 6.2k
Comm : Unknown
Location : SG
Benefits (where relevant)
Health Benefits : medical insurance
Transport Benefits : upon claim
Mobile / Internet / Gadget Benefits : 170 sgd
Working Hours : 6am-9pm,(highest posibbillty)

cons: No EPF
pro: low tax


and

New offer 2

Company : -MNC
Tenure : permanent
Location : KL
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 40 hours
Monetary Payout
Basic Salary : RM 11,050
Bonus: 1-3 mth


Benefits (where relevant)
Health Benefits : up to rm1000 including dental and optical etc. no medical card but all doctor fees claim from company
Transport Benefits : upon claim
Mobile / Internet / Gadget Benefits : 120
Flexi Working Hours :9-6pm


Need sifu advise :CC

I'm in sales line as well. Do u mind telling me what mnc company u working in? PM me also can if u dont mind

CCNA will cost you around RM4-6k
Plus too many people already got their CCNA
better go for cloud (aws, azure etc), data analyst, iot

im interested to get MSCE: Mobility. but not sure where to get, have to do more reading . CCNA not my cup of tea.

yes B4 is about 2.8-3.0 nowaday.
even mid tier like BDO is about same range.

Job Title : Assistant Production Manager
Job Desciption : Daily Production activities
Age :34
Years spent in company : 1year+
Company : Local Listed Company
Industry : Manufacturing
Tenure :permanent
Employment Level : Managerial
Experience before joining (years) : 1yr related industry 8yrs different industry
Highest Education : Degree
Location : Melaka
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 49hrs++

Monetary Payout
Basic Salary + Fixed Allowance : RM 7550
Contractual Bonus (months): 2.5mths


Benefits (where relevant) :
Health Benefits : medical card, medical claims for spouse & children
Transport Benefits : claimable for work purposes only
Mobile / Internet / Gadget Benefits : none
Flexi Working Hours : - nope

I'm from a totally different industry and so far, production line salary increment are much better but sometimes the long working hours are quite taxing..

These ppl salary are so so much higher at a very young age.. I still remember when i'm 27 i only earn about 3-4k in PJ

LOLed at my friend getting 2.2

For senior executive seems fine before moving into middle management level

Your friend is in BIG4?

So far personally I've heard 2.8k is the lowest for a fresh graduate since 5 years back. And some got 3-3.3k, not sure if it has to do with institution or CGPA.