Hi, at this point of time, 2 IT teams and an IT manager.

Hi could you pm me those are the companies willing to pay more than 10k?

Every MNC is capable of paying more than 10k. Even local companies too. The difference is on your role/skillsets/what value you can bring to the company.

do you mind to share what are the skillset in high demand? i can see there are certain skills pays well.

Congrat May I know the position title and some job scope for this new job?

Job Title : Planning & Development Executive
Job Desciption : Project management, Design & Planning, Submission
Age : 29
Company : Developer company
Industry : Construction & Property
Employment Level : Executive
Experience before joining (years) : 4
Highest paper qualification/ education background : Degree in Architecture
Location : Penang
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 46

Monetary Payout
Basic Salary + Fixed Allowance : RM 5500
Contractual Bonus (months): not sure, just joined
Performance, Variable Bonus & Commissions (months) : not sure, just joined

Work Flexibility (where relevant) : no

Future Prospects (personal outlook) :
I have been struggling in career for this two years as I realize the property industry is so underpaid and not much career prospect as compared to other industries like Manufacturing or IT. Not to mention no flexibility at all for working from home, or time arrangement.

I myself do not have too much interest in property and I was actually thinking of switching industry last year after I resigned and move from JB to Png. However I had too many choices and my first trial to join education field failed drastically and out of anxiety I jumped back to property field to cut me from my misery. My strength is in management and research, which is why all field seems same to me, but to start up in a new field usually wont provide management role, and the starting salary would be low.

Currently just work at this new joined company and continue to explore other career and field after working hours, hopefully can find a clearer path as I go.
Any suggestions or comments to me, am welcome to hear out.

some update after staying alive for 2 years as Data Engineer

recently got increment that pushed me to 8k-ish

Economy wasn't good hence bonus also negligible but then bonus is bonus so no hard feeling (rant a bit lor)

anyway, recently applied a lot of web3 and defi related foreign company that offers fully remote job and already in interview process

ever consider of product manager whereby you manage product and research on how to make it better?

Interesting suggestion, I did come across this career but it is not in my exploration list, how's the career prospect of a product manager in Malaysia? In the sense of working remotely?

Consultant?

depends on which industry and what level of risk you are willing to take, i would say fintech and web3 are the most rewarding in asia region now for (based on my personal experience) and they are okay-ish with fully remote if this is what you are looking at

i got a bit bored on staying at the environment recently hence planning to look for a remote job that pays in ahem 3x ahem currency that would allow me to travel and work around the world for maybe a year or two

edit

talking about product manager, it can be very challenging if your product has direct customer impact; there are also internal product that mostly created to syiok-sendiri

from what I've see in my current company, customer facing PM can be very stressful but i think those who are workaholic will like it a lot lut. Basically what PM does is translate technical features from engineers to the higher ups and clients. So far i have seen some became either non-technical solution architects or director of products that manage multiple products/product managers.

This post has been edited by [d]-ky: May 19 2023, 08:07 PM

Yup I can see the prospect in these field you mentioned, and yes especially on the remote and the currency side hahaha. Switching from Architecture/Construction to IT is somewhat a fresh start, a totally non related field. I would have to brace myself for at least 2 years of learning and lower income and a lot of learning on new knowledge.

Product manager though has some transferrable skills from my current field and career, but still is quite a broad title since one can land at any product/company/field.

hi sir, any tips on job hopping? currently have 2 years exp in SAP, 1 year SAP support, 1 year ABAP. will join 3rd company next month. Thanks!

Life has been busy, some changes to my career as well.

I resigned from all 3 project that paid total usd140k, joined an Australia company for USD144k/annum with USD30k/year equity’s

However I had some health condition, decided to quit as well and since then has been a staying home dad for past 6 months. Recently another company in Singapore reach out and still In discussions (basic package: sgd18k-sgd20k/month)

For your questions, let me response.

Hi, I am in similar industry and totally feel what you are going through...
Perhaps you can send your resume to Randstad and see what kind of job vacancy they are having....
Very sorry to tell you that frequent job hopping and getting Ar chartered are the ways to get better salary package....
Kindly refer to the post below as well....
https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1788927/+3400


Lastly, all the best in your future endeavour....

This post has been edited by justapawn: May 30 2023, 06:53 PM

Job Title : Commercial Manager
Age : 28 yo
Years spent in company : <1 year
Company : Telco Infra
Industry : Telco
Employment Level : Permanent
Experience before joining (years) : ~3 years in direct competitor telco infra (total working experience: 4 yrs)
Highest paper qualification/ education background : Undergrad
Location : KL
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 40-43 hrs per week

Monetary Payout
Basic Salary + Fixed Allowance : RM 8200 + RM800 Fixed allowances for parking, mobile and broadband
Contractual Bonus (months): N/A
Performance, Variable Bonus & Commissions (months) : Avg 1-3 months

Work Flexibility (where relevant) : work from home is allowed
Annual Leaves: 16 days
Flexi Working Hours : Yes

Benefits (where relevant) :
Health Benefits : Life and medical insurance
Transport Benefits : fixed allowance for parking
Mobile / Internet / Gadget Benefits : fixed allowance for mobile
Other Benefits : N/A

salary progression for those curious
24 yo: RM3.6k
25 yo: RM4.0k (new company)
26 yo: RM4.3k (increment)
27 yo: RM4.9k (increment + promotion)
28 yo: RM5.5k (increment) > RM5.9k (internal job alignment) > RM9.0k (switch to current company)

Job Title : Application Support Manager
Job Desciption : Core banking system support manager
Age : 36
Years spent in company : 9
Company :
Industry : Banking
Employment Level : Permanent
Experience before joining (years) : 3
Highest paper qualification/ education background : Degree
Location : KL
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 50

Monetary Payout
Basic Salary + Fixed Allowance : RM 11000
Contractual Bonus (months): 0 mths
Performance, Variable Bonus & Commissions (months) : 4-6 mths

Work Flexibility (where relevant) : Flexi hours available but not really applicable as you work around the clock if required
Work From Home Availability: 3 days in a week
Annual Leaves: 24 days
Flexi Working Hours : Yes

Benefits (where relevant) :
Health Benefits : unlimited in patient and dental, life insurance, bi annual medical checkup, limited traditional medicine coverage.
Transport Benefits : free parking at office?
Mobile / Internet / Gadget Benefits : nope
Other Benefits : Company resort around the country, trainings and certification covered, from time to time give out good freebies, annual book allowance.

Future Prospects (personal outlook) : Not much prospect here, as the promotional gap is low.
Current salary against peers in industry : Average
Growth prospects : Not much room for growth
Where I will go from here : Planning to go to a less critical role and maybe look at risk and compliance roles

Job Title : Design Engineer
Job Desciption : Semicon designer
Age : 32
Years spent in company : 2
Company :
Industry : Semicon
Employment Level : Permanent
Experience before joining (years) : 6
Highest paper qualification/ education background : Master
Location : Penang
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 40

Monetary Payout
Basic Salary + Fixed Allowance : RM 19000
Contractual Bonus (months): 0 mths
Performance, Variable Bonus & Commissions (months) : 1-3 mths

Work Flexibility (where relevant) :
Work From Home Availability: Flexible
Annual Leaves: 14 days
Flexi Working Hours : Yes

Benefits (where relevant) :
Health Benefits : Typical dental/optical/medical
Transport Benefits :
Mobile / Internet / Gadget Benefits :
Other Benefits :

Im just an average Joe that is jumping around. Recently the semicon industry is quite hot, those that excel should be making a lot more than me.

Wow, really very good pay!

Are you considered a senior there? The pay is very good. Congrats.