Job Title : Software Developer
Job Desciption : Implement software with vendor and solution based for internal and customer demand
Age : 25
Years spent in company : 1 year 8 months
Company : MNC
Industry : Manufacturing
Tenure : Permanent
Employment Level : Executive
Experience before joining (years) : 4 months
Highest paper qualification/ education background : Degree in Software Engineering
Location : Shah Alam
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 40

Monetary Payout
Basic Salary : RM 3271
Contractual Bonus (months): 1 mths
Performance, Variable Bonus & Commissions (months) : not more than 1 month (depend on project sometimes as incentives)

Benefits (where relevant) :
Health Benefits : Company medical claims
Transport Benefits : none
Mobile / Internet / Gadget Benefits : none
Flexi Working Hours : none
Other Benefits : claimable like on site for mileage, tng or etc related to normal working hour

Am i under pay? Considering currently I am being assigned to do the field that is totally not related to me. Company did not plan to hire the relevant employee specialize in the particular field while force me to take the field. If by positive thinking, additional knowledge would be advantage for future me, but is it worth? Also, on hand project there is 4 on going that need to implement where I do solo most of the time. (Because short of manpower, and skillset)

I am hesitating to resign due to waiting for the position raise. As for the resign reason, I find out that, one of my junior salary pays way higher than me and he is sleeping most of the time during working hour, a bit cannot accept that.

What is your opinion? Should I stay to wait or should I look for other job opportunities? Although, I am happy to work with the current boss, however deep down, am I being treated unfair.

I'm first class honor and having multiple high level knowledge for my field, even now I am forced to do OT and the policy here did not pay OT to employee. Increment 20% is low no? What are the percentage of salary increment request when one person hop to another company?

But what if, the coming increment is less than 20%, immediately resign wouldn't affect the next company salary demand? Normally, it suppose required at least 3 months after the increment to consider the solid salary no?

I was from SME to MNC, the salary reduced by 20% (Last time i work happy here because of good colleagues and bosses). I agreed to the statement that many employees are afraid of leaving their comfort zone, but different situation for me. I am handling the task not even senior could handle because we do not have the skill set in the particular field. The task that I am being assigned into where I don't have single second to spare to train and have to deploy immediately. Imagine, you are in IT field where your strongest development is web based, and suddenly is asked to handle hardware based coding. This situation is exactly the same as going out from comfort zone, but 3 days time, and low pay? lol The field initially were someone but he resigned later. Feeling treated unfair while being pay so low..

Maybe I will stay after increment as suggested, and see how it goes later. Based on current market value for the value of my skill should be 5k+- , anyway, thanks for the suggestion. Have a nice day ahead.

I have seen some MNC promised you to get the 20% additional amount after you passed probation, and you will get the salary that below than 20% during your probation. However, after your probation, you only get 10% instead of 20%.. This scenario should resign or complain?

If to resign, isn't the next company view you as "not loyal" employee?

That happened about 2 years ago, it was written, and the manager who were the interviewer resign. After that, the new manager take over and only manage to raise half of the amount that were requested.

Our MNC really do this, cannot expose which MNC later got spy here

After bonus and increment, can consider hop company already, this MNC management is bias, I guess i have the lowest pay and do the most job here.. By the way thanks sifus here giving opinion.

I'm too a software developer, but total experience 2 years+, (1y8m in this MNC), this is my 2nd company. Age 25, and my salary is way too low, I think even lower than market price. only 3.2k. My language skill set is MVC 6 core 2.1, EF7, simple skill of JS, Python, RESTful API developer (develop api), SDK developer and an embedded developer for Python. MNC based in Shah Alam, and I'm consider a team leader here in-charge of multiple peoples. What do you think my salary range suppose to be at?

I don't know what skill set and level you are at for your programming skill-set to achieve that high amount of income and especially at your age. I have been completed many projects and most of the time I'm solo in most of the software development and complete in time or even earlier. The new manager likes me and assign me a side project that not related to the company, although he is not the one who hired me. Anyway, I don't know how much value my skill set will get to offer, would you enlighten me?

*PS: I plan to hop

My 1st company offer higher, which is 3.5k, but due to some reason i'm hop to 2nd company, but at that meantime I have no work for 1 month cause I have savings that enough for me to sustain my daily expenses. After that, took the 2nd company offer, like in the previous post, as written in the offer letter I could get the amount I demand, but I got lowballed, that time I guess I still a noob , as for now my skill set and job scope is slowly spread wider. Were a full stack .Net developer handling project like what you described here, using all newest technology platform to develop big projects, and until now involved to Python which is not a .Net field. If positive thinking, that would be additional positive point. Now come back to salary topic, I guess i am underpaid for having doing multiple jobscope.

PS: I also handling Server stuffs such as server migration etc.

Based on Shah Alam market price, it shouldn't be too low. and also my increment were only 5.5%, highest is 8% that applies to higher management. They say 5.5% is high , now I don't know.

So good increment. Im 25, from .Net jump to machine language developer aka Python, have 2 years experience in .Net. Salary the same, in the same mnc. Sad life.
PS: 3.2k salary shah alam and have 91% kpi ...

Finish Master at 22? But salary abit too low...

Omg, that is 3 years ago and with that salary, my advise, please jump you can easily get offer with 5k+

You are not as bad as me, 2 years with senior IT, only 3270. Maybe i should consider to hop
some mnc in shah alam

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

Then deal with it , some company will panic especially those company turn over rate very high, and only one employee out of many are talented and have knowledge in something where other don't. Timing is important when throw a resignation letter, especially on peak time..

My sister were once like your situation, degree in melbourne major in piano music. Banking industry is good, you will need someone help you pump the knowledge as you are from different field to different field. She went and took IT field as I can guide her along the way. There are 2 difference choices in person interest; 1: Your interest, 2: Good income career in long run / challenging.

Yes, second degree for her. Musician difficult to have stable income unless you are famous or oversea. Everyone were in your shoes before, not everyone is loyalty enough to pursue what they had major in, instead they are follow to their interest later they graduated in different major. Think twice why you should take banking industry, are you sure you are going for a long run with it. It would be difficult to change your career again once you find that this is not suitable for you.

Ok so, I finally made a decision after 2 months ... and come to a conclusion, i decide to jump to improve career as well as salary increment.

Job Title : Senior solution development engineer
Job Desciption : Implement software and consultation
Age : 25
Years spent in company : 0 month
Company : SME
Industry : Software house
Tenure : Permanent
Employment Level : Executive
Experience before joining (years) : 2 years 2 months
Highest paper qualification/ education background : Degree in Software Engineering
Location : Damansara
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 40

Monetary Payout
Basic Salary : RM 5300
Contractual Bonus (months): 13th month
Performance, Variable Bonus & Commissions (months) : Performance bonus and annual bonus

Benefits (where relevant) : Increment 5-10% depend on performance, certificate exam from the company, training, parking reserved
Health Benefits : Company medical claims
Transport Benefits : claimable fuel, parking, toll
Mobile / Internet / Gadget Benefits : none
Flexi Working Hours : none
Other Benefits : -

The pay is about 62% increment rate from Rm3271 to Rm5300, which I think is a very good thing. The previous MNC never concern the staff pay despite workload. Being assigned from a junior to project leader without the increment, and worst case that is my salary is even lower than any fresh graduate with spoon feeding every single day The management will only concern with their employee at the very end of the day. I do had voice up, but no action taken, keep drag and drag for 4-6 months.

But anyhow, that was a good experience for me. How these people function and provided me an insight of how to counter in future whenever I do meet any of their attitude.

There is no such of age limit to a certain number of salary range if you talk about the current market value. Many chinaman company is illegal ask the candidate to have their current salary disclose and judge on their working experience then skill set. This is totally wrong doing, and this is illegal, under PDPA section 6, the employer should not ask the candidate P&C.

A proper way to make payout is by the employer's package that they have offered in their job listing advertisement. If you cannot afford to pay, then don't put the amount. Candidate that has skill that can create a concrete evidence in any of the test given during the interview should be eligible to entitle such offered without looking at the so called 'Working experience'.

Given a scenario, a candidate whom are loyal to a company for 5 years but receiving a low salary despite his good skill set and performance. Assume a particular year that the company performance is bad, and this candidate did not receive any annual increment or with the minimum of 1.5% rate.

Many HR out there did not concern with the candidate skill set, their aim is to lowball you to the minimum while catching the big fish. How would you want to buy a BMW for RM50k, it's not possible. That is the same example like the above scenario. How can you judge a candidate by working experience if the candidate do no contribution but talk nonsense for 5 years, or judge the candidate by 'Current salary'. HR will normally see a candidate is constantly earning the amount that is still within RM3k for 5 years, this candidate must be a problematic.

Anyhow, finding a good company isn't easy. I think I am lucky to get this company. #SayNoToBadCompany

Haha, yeah that is true. This is depends on individual. The candidate can choose to reject or accept despite being offered with such package but with a condition to disclose the current salary. I would normally reject any offer that comes with that condition.