No la this was informed and pre-agreed during interview and was informed again at Malaysia office signing the offer letter. It is something that I think worth to sacrifice, as I am more grateful on the part that they willing to hire me. Better than me jobless with tons of commitment to handle

Job Title : Mechanical Engineer
Job Description : M&E consultant in building industry, design mechanical systems in buildings, manage tender, supervise contractor, verify contractor's claim, get authority approval, etc.
Age : 29
Years spent in company : 2 years, left for 1.5 years, then returned for 2 years until now.
Company : Small consulting firm (~10 engineers), but is a subsidiary for a big consulting firm (>150 engineers)
Industry : Construction
Tenure : Permanent
Employment Level : Level wise, at lowest rank, we will be doing the exact same thing even on higher rank, everyone report directly to boss, not to the rank above.
Experience before joining (years) : Join right after graduate
Highest paper qualification/ education background : Bachelor of Engineering (Hons)
Location : PJ
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 50 hours

Monetary Payout
Basic Salary + Fixed Allowance : RM 4320.00 (was 4800 pre-covid), no other allowance. (no increment for last 2 years due to company bad financial situation)
Contractual Bonus (months): No contractual bonus
Performance, Variable Bonus & Commissions (months) : Company paid max 1 month bonus, most of the time less than 1 month, only get 1 full month once, because company financial performance not good for so many year. (I was told I am performing very well by senior come from other bigger firm)

2015: 2700, then 3100 after confirmation, then adjust to 3500 (no bonus, join during CNY)
2016: 4200 (2/3 months CNY bonus)
2017 - 2018: away for working holiday
2019: rejoin at 4500, then 4800 after confirmation (1 month bonus, but prorated)
2020: 4800, no increment, and cut 10% due to Covid (1/2 month bonus)

Benefits (where relevant) :
Health Benefits : No insurance, clinic is RM 40 per claim, unless you go to the clinic near office (far from my house)
Transport Benefits : Company paid for parking, work related travel can claim by mileage
Mobile / Internet / Gadget Benefits : No
Flexi Working Hours : No, but as long as not super late, boss doesn't care
Other Benefits : No

Note:
I honestly think consulting M&E engineer in building industry is a dying industry, let's look at the building industry as a whole, we got the developer (who want to cut cost), contractor, supplier, and the consultant (Architect, Civil & Structural, Quantity surveyor, etc).
Developer will earn money, they are the initiator of the project, and people need buildings. Developer start to get money as soon as they signed SPA.
Contractor will earn money if they can get job and know where and how to save cost. Contractor can make claim every months, and developer usually don't want to delay their payment.
Supplier will earn money, just the matter of sales and marketing. Most suppliers will get down payment as soon as receiving order.

Consultant is charging a fee, but the payment is based on the stages, it's normal to wait 1 years or more to claim the first 10%, and the fee is getting lower and lower due to the price war started many years ago, so you need to get many projects and run at different stages to ensure the cash flow. Normally we will get a monthly claim when the projects started construction, so really depending on company's luck. Developer may not start construction when the market is bad, but consultant need to pay salary every month.

On the workload, depending if your client is a friendly person or not, it can be quite stressful if your client demand a lot, asking you to do a lot of proposals that you know cannot work, yet they don't want to listen to your advice. Some screw ups by contractors or suppliers also blame to the consultant. Plus the responsibility as an engineer, where we need to be responsible if the failure of the system caused damages to property or life.

Made me wondering, why should I study an engineering degree, working in some high stress projects, have a higher risk when going to site, yet getting a pay lower than bank industry?

You need to be really passionate about building design to join this line of work...

Guys would you rather pick (example) MYR1000 or SGD325 (simple google conversion) for a contract 1 year job, residing at MSA. This decision u made will affect the next payroll (either you get RM1k constant, or get SGD325, then convert)

Hope this make sense

hello anyone from mechanical engineering background ? any advice for me as a freshie in mechanical engineering degree (cgpa 3>)