Job Title : Finance Executive
Age : 26
Salary: RM3000
Years spent in company : 6 months
Company :
Industry : O&G
Employment Level : Temp
Experience before joining (years) : 3 years (plus all the freelance job)
Highest paper qualification/ education background : ACCA partial
Location : KL
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 9 hours perday.

I am looking for a new job as they offer me to extend the contract. On the other hand I would want a stable job with more securities. Can u guys help me to determine the range of my expected salary?

wow jumping from 3k to 5k acceptable issit? O&G sector kinda fell down right now so do u think they will accept that kinda offer?

Im sorry but my previous job(before the temp) is only a small co, so this is kinda like a culture shock for me.

Can you please explain what makes you think that you under paid? Because you are like first class honours super star with super good hard skills and soft skills?
3170 for a fresh graduate is not super ultra high, but indeed is a pretty good pay. 

Since this is an advantage for you, because you know the knowledge that no body knows. You may demand higher salary instead, otherwise jumpship. Your manager will panic and counter offer that 

Job Title : Senior Process Engineer
Job Desciption : Takes care of die attach process in semiconductor industry.
Age : 29
Years spent in company : 3
Company : MNC
Industry : Semiconductor
Tenure : Permanent
Employment Level : Senior Engineer
Experience before joining (years) : 0
Highest paper qualification/ education background : Masters in Engineering Science
Location : Melaka
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 45

Monetary Payout
Basic Salary + Fixed Allowance : RM5,000
Contractual Bonus (months): NA
Performance, Variable Bonus & Commissions (months) : Average 2.8 mths

Benefits (where relevant) :
Health Benefits : Full insurance coverage
Transport Benefits : NA
Mobile / Internet / Gadget Benefits : 20GB internet data and unlimited call
Flexi Working Hours : NA
Other Benefits : Yearly RM800 claimable for certain spending likes gym and etc.

My questions:
1. Am I underpaid in this industry?
2. Is semiconductor even a good industry to work in to get high salary, compared to other industries like sales and software engineering?
3. I work in this company for 3 years + so far, should I hop more in order to increase my salary?
4. Anyone from semiconductor industry who has very good salary can share how to gain more? Is it by hopping more oftenly?
5. Is it partly because of my location is in Melaka and hence the salary is low? Who else is from Penang / KL semiconductor industry and do you mind to share your salary information here?

Thanks!

Hi guys, thanks for the input. So does semiconductor industry have good salary prospect in long term? Thanks!

Job Title : System Engineer -> System Analyst
Job Desciption : Mostly do programmer job automation, API's, Back End process, Database(table,index,performance tuning,SP), Reporting, Internal project, Handle e-commerce customer for integration.
Age : 30
Years spent in company : 6
Company : Public Listed
Industry :
Tenure : Permanent
Employment Level : Executive
Experience before joining (years) : Fresh grad
Highest paper qualification/ education background : Bachelor in Software
Location : Selangor
Average Working Hours Per Week + Saturday half day (incl lunch hours): 49

Monetary Payout
Basic Salary + Fixed Allowance : RM5,600
Contractual Bonus (months): NA
Performance, Variable Bonus & Commissions (months) : Average 1 mths

Benefits (where relevant) :
Health Benefits : standard Insurance coverage
Transport Benefits : NA

Currently i am stuck with my work due to i am the focal person that only can manage this task. I feel i am underpaid for my age. I consider myself in the comfort zone because already handle it for many years. totally no life, sometime standby for support.

But have high commitment house, car, rent a place to stay in selangor not yet married. Should i jump or stay? Few years already thinking to jump but manage to stay until today..

Food for thought, will employer's EPF contribution be a deciding factor for you too? when accepting a job, a new job, etc.

For example, if you work in a bank, you're likely gonna get 16% epf contribution by your bank as opposed to working in a small company where they just pay the statutory 12% epf contribution to your account.

Is this benefits important to you?

Job Title : AM
Job Description : Jack Of All Trades
Age : 30
Salary : RM 6500
Years spent in company : <1year
Company : One of the car companies
Industry : Automotive
Tenure : Permanent
Employment Level : AM
Experience before joining (years) : ~6 years
Highest paper qualification/ education background : Degree (Hons)
Location : Selangor
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 9.5h per day Monday to Friday
Dunno whether this is good or not......Zzzzzzzz

~Posting this on behalf of my BF~

Job title : Field Engineer in O&G company
Age : 26
Salary : RM20-25k (Fixed + Allowance)
Years spent in company : 2
Industry : O&G
Employment Level : Executive
Experience before joining (years) : 2
Highest paper qualification/ education background : Degree
Location : South East Asia ( Involves a lot of travelling)
Average Working Hours Per Week : depends but mostly 12 hours a day.

Do you guys find yourself having to jump every 2-4 years in order to get a higher salary?

What is the usual reason when hiring manager ask about why are you leaving the previous company ?

Wow already manager at 25? With 1 yr experience? Thats quite easy lol

Job Title : Project Manager
Job Desciption : Project Management Office Department Manager
Age : 33
Years spent in company :1 month
Experience before joining (years) : 10 years
Company : Singapore MNC
Industry : Supply Chain for Petrochemical / Power Plant
Highest paper qualification/ education background : Degree in Engineering, PMP Certified
Location : KL
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 50 Hours
Basic Salary + Fixed Allowance : RM8.2k

Not sure what is the average pay for a Project Manager, jumped out from a EPCC contractor as a Project Engineer to assist a friend in setting up the operations of the Project Management Office for their regional office.

My BF started his career in a foreign investment bank with a starting pay of RM4.5k but he never truly enjoyed it. He graduated as a mechanical engineer but ended up working in an investment bank (not his first choice as he doesn't know where to go after graduation) . The working hours are really long some days ( he slept in office couple of times). He had manage few IPO's at the same time.

After working there for 3 months, he quits his job and got himself into O&G. 2 years into the job, he now makes RM20-25K a month. Until, now he mentions that people who works in an investment bank really need strong mental & discipline. He told me that he will rather spend weeks in offshore than working in an investment bank.

That said, hats off to you & stay strong ! The hours can really long most days .

The heck fresh graduate 2 years in OnG already earning rm25k. Are u sure ur bf telling the truth. Or ur bf working outside of Msia. If ur bf posting outside Msia then rm25k do sounds logic.

don't feed fake news here...

you will accidentally give false hope to some

Based on many forumers' tales,
Is it true that salary won't grow fast without jumping ship?

Job Title : QA/QC Executive
Job Desciption : Quality Assurance/Quality Control for Construction
Age :33
Years spent in company :3 years
Company :Contractor
Industry :Construction
Employment Level : Executive
Experience before joining (years) :4 years
Highest paper qualification/ education background :Degree
Location : Johor
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours):45

Monetary Payout
Basic Salary + Fixed Allowance : RM4200+RM600
Contractual Bonus (months): No
Performance, Variable Bonus & Commissions (months) : Depends company performance

Benefits (where relevant) :
Health Benefits : Clinic Panel for RM500
Transport Benefits :No
Mobile / Internet / Gadget Benefits :HP Allowance RM100
Flexi Working Hours : No
Other Benefits : Home Allowance RM500
Currently the company didnt have any project. They expect to start project on October this year but still no LA.
Before this, i'm working at site for 6 working days, changed job because married and got this job for 5 working days.
Still trying to find other jobs because i feel stagnant and boring because I dont have any job since there is no project on-going now.
Plus the office politics really sickening.

nope.small contractor only