Your journey is nothing short of incredible then. I like how you took courses to better equip yourself in the job market instead of waiting for opportunity to present itself.

Does one require some specific skillset to be in your industry? I am late bloomer myself too and I am currently stuck.

You are a role model for us to learn from.
The organization is an MNC or GLC?

Wishing you a smooth and upwards career path bro!

Same. Always wondering if life is going to get better. Meanwhile people keep saying "you should upskill and get a better paying job", "network and find opportunities" which clearly are privileges reserved for those already doing well. Guess it's the poverty trap thing got me.

What did you guys earn as fresh grad or at the beginning of your careers? curious to know. I'd imagine someone who earned like 4k or 5k at the begginning would have an easier time reach 10k with 5 to 6 years of experience or before the age of 30.

Cheers up guys. I'm 33 and not even 4K yet. Worked for 10 years already with few different companies but without any clear career direction. I was aware of this thread and read some of the post few years ago but didn't motivate me to do anything.

But come this year, I start to realise that I've pretty much work most of that 10 years for nothing (in terms of experience/work knowledge). I notice that a lot of high earner here are pretty focus or perhaps they know what they want from the start of their career. Asked for some opinions on this thread and got meaningful advices. And I started working on areas that I can improve.

My advice, don't compare what the others earn but maybe you can get some helps/tips. Maybe share your current situation and ask what improvement can be done.

what is the market rate for assistant manager / manager salary now?

for MNC companies

Don't mind me asking.

What's the average salary for a Marketing Analyst? Around 1 - 3 years experience.

Google seems to show a huge discrepancy. SalaryExpert lists it as approximately RM65K annually, PaySale below RM20K and Indeed at RM54K.

What bullshit stories?

Just wanted to update, given it's been awhile. Accepted a new role:

Job Title : VP HR
Age : 38

Monetary Payout
Basic Salary + Fixed Allowance : RM33000
Contractual Bonus (months): non
Performance, Variable Bonus & Commissions (months) : dunno yet, but usually 3mths la

Benefits (where relevant) :

not as good as before lol.

Job Title : Consultant
Job Description : Deploy SaaS products for customer
Age :32
Years spent in company : 1 week
Company : US MNC
Industry : Tech - Software consulting
Tenure : Permanent
Employment Level : Experienced hire
Experience before joining (years) : 4.5 years in Consulting + 3.5 years in hotel
Highest paper qualification/ education background : Degree in Hospitality
Location : Kuala Lumpur
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 40 (project dependent, really)

Monetary Payout
Basic Salary + Fixed Allowance : RM 10,000
Contractual Bonus: 15% of annual salary
Performance, Variable Bonus & Commissions (months) : n/a

Benefits (where relevant) :
Health Benefits : Insurance + Medical (limit 4k USD, global policy)
Transport Benefits : Travel & expenses covered when traveling for projects.
Mobile / Internet / Gadget Benefits : Work laptop and other peripherals, claimable internet
Flexi Working Hours : Yes, when not rushing for project timeline. Doesn't matter what time you start or finish as long as task completed. Permanently WFH.
Other Benefits : Claimable medical check up+ eye exam+ glasses, free LinkedIn Learning subscription

Just started a new job. Recently only felt that I'm 'qualified' to post here, since everyone seems to be high earner here. 

I studied hospitality - shit degree, realized too late and my fresh grad salary is 1.9k 
Landed software consulting role due to the tech company is hiring for the consultant role for the product that my hotel was using. However I'm also underpaid for years in that tech company before jumping twice to this current job.

Rewards team? As in managing the guidelines of compensation packages of the company in general? That's some explosive salary increment in 3 years. What are your responsibilities in the comp?

Oh wow, that consecutive jump. SE field seems super lucrative nowadays. What are some of your primary resp in the company? The new company was ok with your short tenure?
Hmm, so next progression would be stepping into the c-level?

For a Head of Rewards, it is really high to be honest. I read back your posts, what motivated your new employers to pay such a steep mark up to you? From 22k to 33k to 40k, at the function head level, it is considered a steep mark up.

At 40k, it is considered as on the higher band for most functional heads in the bank. And with HR being a cost center (granted am not familiar with HR's scale), I do find it not easy to believe that 40k is on the lower scale. I know both front office, middle office and back office, 40k for functional head is definitely on the high side for all 3 of them. For front office, probably above average, but still on the higher side.

I assume your ex-colleagues are/were from business or revenue generating department? The SVP/ED who I mentioned above, she is leading nationwide branch managers. Probably my network isn't strong enough, the Ops and IT within my circle who are in banking, they are not earning that much. And bonus is around 3 months or less. Another close circle who I know, he is local bank head of it security drawing around 20k too, VP title.

So when you guys talking about a HOD can potentially draw up to 100k, it is a big eye opener to me 

Holy moly your salary rise is really meteoric. You did it via job changes or promotion? Really wish I could get onto that kinda path

Oh wow yeaa I guess I have to try that path too. Thanks for the advice!

I just got a job offer RM7500.
Working on pretty much the same thing. But I am considering to decline the offer due to I am comfortable working with current co, and there is a lot more to learn. What do you guys think? Should i take the risk and jump?

They dont do counter offer. People come and go every month. A lot of them hahaha
That is why I am in dilemma right now.. What i'm feeling right now is, if they offer higher I might go..
at this increment rate, I feel like abit risky leaving a good co (for me) and a lot more learning opportunity and to jump into new co which is totally unknown how the working environment over there.
I am still considering the offer but now is more towards declining the offer.