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V9 continuation from previous thread. What a crazy past few years it has been. With COVID transforming the job market, alongside with Great Resignation in the US influencing work culture everywhere else, some changes to format has been made. If the previous thread's revision is to provide a more comprehensive view on total remuneration (as single salary numbers are often deceiving), this round's changes in format is to capture latest trends of Work-From-Home, more annual leaves and future growth prospects.


Post format

Job Title :
Job Desciption :
Age :
Years spent in company :
Company :
Industry :
Tenure :
Employment Level :
Experience before joining (years) :
Highest paper qualification/ education background :
Location :
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours):

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

Work Flexibility (where relevant) :
Work From Home Availability: X days in a month
Annual Leaves: X days
Flexi Working Hours : Yes / No / Partial?

Benefits (where relevant) :
Health Benefits :
Transport Benefits :
Mobile / Internet / Gadget Benefits :
Other Benefits :

Future Prospects (personal outlook) :
Current salary against peers in industry : Overpaid / Average / Underpaid / Don't know
Growth prospects : Good room for growth? At the end of growth spectrum for this role? Not much room for growth? Sky is the limit? No idea?
Where I will go from here : Describe the next role that you think you will be able to realistically get in your next jump.

Parking

Job Title : Software Engineer (Java Backend)
Job Desciption : Java backend
Age :28
Years spent in company : almost 3 years
Industry : Fintech
Employment Level : Senior
Experience before joining (years) : 3 years
Location : KL
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 50 hrs
Basic Salary: RM 6000

should I jump for better offer or just stay in comfort zone?

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This post has been edited by hiroshi87: May 5 2022, 02:14 PM

Job Title : Staff Engineer
Job Desciption : Responsible for product transfer from Design to NPI to Mass Pro
Age : 41
Years spent in company : 6
Company : -
Industry : data security products
Tenure : Permanent
Employment Level : Senior Executive
Experience before joining (years) : 12
Highest paper qualification/ education background : Double Masters UTM
Location : Singapore
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 40 hours on paper....unlimited hours if required.

Basic Salary + Fixed Allowance : SGD7650
Contractual Bonus (months): 1.5 mths
Performance, Variable Bonus & Commissions (months) : 1 mths

Future Prospects (personal outlook) :
Current salary against peers in industry : Underpaid (foreigner rate is lower....but the work is even more...)
Growth prospects : Good room for growth...but.....stress to the max to meet deadline.
Where I will go from here : Go n retire in msia

This post has been edited by Bossku_Johor: Apr 19 2022, 05:42 PM

enuff meh RM6000....with the cost of living now...better venture out....try singapore.....fintech good demand here


This post has been edited by Bossku_Johor: Apr 19 2022, 05:38 PM

Job Title : HR Executive
Job Desciption : kuli generalist
Age :27
Years spent in company : 1 month
Industry : mixed, local small company
Employment Level : executive
Experience before joining (years) : 2.5 years
Location : Johor
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 54 hrs
Basic Salary: RM 4000

Lost in life, not sure if this field is what I want.

hey hey, wanna ask if you can give advice

is getting master a life changing experience? i was at the junction that either take master program at UTM or not, seeing that you took 2, would like to ask

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This post has been edited by IJustWantToAsk: Sep 11 2022, 11:12 PM

Life-changing? not exactly. I took it to get better job prospects, but the salary in MYR...cannot la........I decided to move to Spore when SGD converted is better....may look like a lot...
but frankly ....it's just nice...

The double masters program was a credit transfer program from UTM. M,Sc and MBA

It's good to have a masters in the long run when you want to go up the corporate ladder...and move into management...
a masters will be a stepping stone for you.

If you have the time and resources , then go for it....

rich man

is this TnG?

If you're in IT, which seems like it, better take related certs imo.

I'm coming from finance, which is not IT background so to say.. any advice on this as well?

Your job title sounds like you would be doing data engineering/science so that was my guess. If you like looking at data maybe can delve deeper into AI/ML.

My lecturer once said along the lines that if you take masters without aim is like learning to make pineapple pizza when you actually like chicken pizza.

Yes I'm actually wanna go into ML but I do not have anyone to ask at the moment... If you don't mind, can you let me know what kind of certs I could take in order to be "professional certified" in data/AI/ML role?

I did some research but I was still generally confuse, like Azure certification is mostly on teach you how to use azure without showing you the meaning of statistics behind, alteryx is like teach u how to use alteryx and that's it, same goes to IBM one

And yes I'm currently thinking of taking masters just for the sake of career progression, but even my manager was unsure what should I take and what path will it leads me (like what ur lecturer says la)

This post has been edited by IJustWantToAsk: Apr 21 2022, 10:55 AM

I think is good choice to take up ML as a lot of analyst job posting mentions this. I might not be the best to ask for this as I'm not too different from you in experience and ML is way too big of a field but I feel we should only be looking at "pro certs" by MS/Google/IBM when you have a workflow depending on it, or you know you can leverage the technology. At the core they are offering APIs that speed up the general ML workflow.

I've did a lot ML courses and they're all very similar (teaching the workflow), which leads me to believe we just have to practice as there's too many algorithms or techniques to be taught in courses. Maybe you can start with those general courses then work your way up to Azure/Google ...etc because I think these would make you "professionally certified" as you can leverage large scale AI in the cloud. Then maybe masters, because ML papers are mostly about implementing algo X on problem Y which is so specific.

There's some courses offered by big names like Standford or Google, you can look, but I think you can see from this list. They're more or less about the same things.

This post has been edited by AssToast: Apr 21 2022, 11:22 AM

Yep, I got the same idea from those ML courses too! Azure for example, they provide a mindmap for you, and teach you how to plug and play the model, that's it.

Same thing when i go for other python courses, they just teach you about which code you should write under which circumstances, and that's it.

there is no such courses as "professional certification" like comptia or anything in ML, its like a mixed bag of items and you do what you pleased.

lol .. i am 1 of the lowest pay guy among my gang. it's all about hardwork bro ..
if u think i am getting good pay around my age, try to look at those doing cloud, blockchain web3 etc and their pay at their age .

This post has been edited by hiroshi87: Apr 21 2022, 02:09 PM

nope.. half-gov comp

semi government

i assume that would be Paynet

I think you can take a look at this course if you need somewhere to start, https://www.elementsofai.com/. I think it serves as a good starting point to understand what is the field of AI and their respective subfields.

This post has been edited by AssToast: Apr 22 2022, 11:50 AM

Job Title : Head of Community
Job Desciption :

- Set up and implement Community Strategy and Operation as well as team management and mentorship towards corporate objectives and growth
- Guide and develop community content calendar and planning with the team
- Expansion and liaison of partnerships and cooperative initiatives.
- Regular reporting to the wider organization on current community trends, sentiment, and channel
performance; use data to inform recommendations for ongoing community outreach initiatives, messaging, promotions, and operations.

Age : 36
Years spent in company : 6 months & 2 month & 1 month
Company : Global
Industry : 2 Fintech - Blockchain , 1 Consulting Firm
Tenure : Contract basis / Contractor
Employment Level : Head / Senior Manager
Experience before joining (years) : 5 years
Highest paper qualification/ education background : STPM / Pre-U
Location : Remote
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 72+

Monetary Payout
Basic Salary + Fixed Allowance :
1st Company:
USD80k/annum

2nd Company:
USD60k/annum

3rd Company:
Taking equity, no fixed salary

Total: USD140k/annum

Contractual Bonus (months):
1st company: 20% token release: worth $50k for now. Subsequently monthly unlock for 60 months: worth $200k for now

2nd company: $5k stable coin, $5k token if hit the milestone
mths

3rd company: no bonuses, once a project goes live will take the equity.

Work Flexibility (where relevant) :
Work From Home Availability: remote
Annual Leaves: unlimited PTO
Flexi Working Hours : yes, just get the work done and hit the metric

Benefits (where relevant) :
Health Benefits : Not available
Transport Benefits : not available
Mobile / Internet / Gadget Benefits : not available
Other Benefits : not available

Future Prospects (personal outlook) :
Current salary against peers in industry : Consider high paid
Growth prospects : Yes, community are one of most important for any company or project in blockchain industry, thus the sky is the limit

Where I will go from here : founder or co-founder for Fintech project

normally in MNC company, how much % increment will be given when they use my payslip to get the offer?

Never show hand at the stage of interview or even negotiations

1. Do research of the role online, make comparison

After that, You can ask them, what is their budget for this role.

Inform them, you love to join their company, and believe the company would offer a competitive and fair compensation based on your experience and skills, what you can bring to the company

If they still adamant to get your payslip, politely tell them you will share your payslip after you signed any offer / contract

Leverage your experience/skill. Don’t let them lowball the offer based on your payslip


This post has been edited by cuddlybubblyteddy: Apr 24 2022, 04:28 PM

he is just 28 years old. 6k not enough? I think this price is top 1 % of whole Malaysia in his age.

28 years old
6k
top 1%

The third statement doesn't sound realistic at all

Top 15 or 20% sounds more like it

At least from most of the people I know around me

Yeah I agree. My mistake. Probably 10-15% nevertheless still a good price, not as bad as the other guy said.

yeah most 28 still earning 4k

depends on your field/education background too right? but still i would say its alittle bit not enough....

Paynet. LOL

Wow this is very interesting... did you come in from a non-technical background?

Yeap, non technical

most are degree holders still at 4kxx

Wow that's amazing. Mind telling us how you first broke into the field?

Take the risk and jump in with a faith
That’s what I did 5 years ago, when most people skeptical about crypto and shit talk about crypto

I guess it bore result and fruit for me ,if by income as indicator for success compare most Malaysian .. usd140k/annum as fixed salary excluding bonus

With bonus will get usd200k/annum

I have 3 team that report to me now

This post has been edited by cuddlybubblyteddy: May 5 2022, 11:46 AM

are u based at Malaysia or US/oversea?

Malaysia

I got paid in crypto 😎

I paid my taxes myself as I billed the project as consultant

Job Title : QS (Contract Executive)
Job Desciption : Post Contract
Age : 31
Years spent in company : 1 years 3 months
Company : Local Main Contractor Company
Industry : Construction
Tenure : Contract Basis
Employment Level : Junior
Experience before joining (years) : 5
Highest paper qualification/ education background : Degree in QS
Location : KL
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 6 days full day (8am-5pm)

Monetary Payout
Basic Salary + Fixed Allowance : RM 4,750 + Allowance RM300
Contractual Bonus (months): 1.5mths
Performance, Variable Bonus & Commissions (months) : N/A

Future Prospects (personal outlook) :
Where I will go from here : I would like to change my job field but I still lack of idea what can I work other than QS job.

Job Title : Mechanical Design Engineer
Job Description : Product design in mfg
Age : 31
Years spent in company : 3
Company : Local-like MNC
Industry : Manufacturing
Tenure : Permanent
Employment Level : Senior
Experience before joining (years) : 5
Highest paper qualification/ education background : Degree
Location : Penang
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 50

Monetary Payout
Basic Salary + Fixed Allowance : RM7400
Contractual Bonus (months): N/A
Performance, Variable Bonus & Commissions (months) : 1 mth

Work Flexibility (where relevant) : Partial
Work From Home Availability: On exceptional case
Annual Leaves: 14 days
Flexi Working Hours : Yes

Benefits (where relevant) : Free birthday cake & voucher
Health Benefits : Medical, dental, optical (self & dependent) totaling RM2000
Transport Benefits : N/A
Mobile / Internet / Gadget Benefits : N/A
Other Benefits : N/A

Future Prospects (personal outlook) : TBA
Current salary against peers in industry : Don't know
Growth prospects : Unknown, hope to have more involvement in product development locally
Where I will go from here : TBA

This post has been edited by hlyh1230: May 14 2022, 05:23 PM

Hey Teddy, can I ask you some questions?

How to get a job like yours? Not your current position, the first position you got when you broke into the crypto industry.

And I'm assuming that your current team is international? In a role like this, how important is your English proficiency?
Like do you have to talk to the team frequently and if having an accent would prevent someone from getting promoted?

And great job by the way. You're doing really well.

For current blockchain, web3 and NFT, you can easily broke into this industry by simply active on Twitter, Reddit, and Discord

Join many project, learn about and active in their community, by helping and share knowledge. You will get notice of the team member and may get invite to be part of team

If you have technical knowledge, build your own project or task on github, share with project that you want to be part of them , either to learn or get paid doing something for them

Communication is the key. Unless you are a technical person, and focus on tech, then accent doesn’t matter.

But for front facing or management, you need to be good at communication I.e clear in delivering the key point and message, guide and mentor the team

Accent doesn’t matter tbh, just need to be clear in communication

My English has weird accent but I can communicate well haha

Wow, this really inspiring!

I'm from a non-tech background as well and have considered entering the industry, thing is I have no idea where to start.

Keep it up!

u have 11 yrs of working experience (3+8), and now u are 31 yrs old, mean u finished ur degree at age of 20? jz curious.

Ted, huge thanks for your reply. I really appreciate your generosity in sharing helpful information like this.

=============== PROMOTION IN APRIL 2021 ===========================

Job Title : Software Engineer
Job Desciption : Develop embedded system of frequency radio, working mainly on Bluetooth implementation and applications now. Dealing with every stake holder in the project.
Age : 27
Years spent in company : 4 years +
Company : MNC
Industry : Frequency Radio
Tenure : permanent
Employment Level : Senior Engineer
Experience before joining (years) : First Company
Highest paper qualification/ education background : Degree
Location : Penang
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 40

Monetary Payout
Basic Salary + Fixed Allowance : RM5,000
Contractual Bonus (months): 1.5mths
Performance, Variable Bonus & Commissions (months) : 1mths + -

Benefits (where relevant) :
Health Benefits : Medical Card
Transport Benefits : none
Mobile / Internet / Gadget Benefits : Internet claim RM90 per month
Flexi Working Hours : yes
Other Benefits : RM600 for glasses, dentistry and medical checkup, car loan interest subsidy



====================== ADJUSTMENT IN THE END OF 2021 =======================


Job Title : Software Engineer
Job Desciption : Develop embedded system of frequency radio, working mainly on Bluetooth implementation and applications now. Dealing with every stake holder in the project.
Age : 28
Years spent in company : 4 years ++
Company : MNC
Industry : Frequency Radio
Tenure : permanent
Employment Level : Senior Engineer
Experience before joining (years) : First Company
Highest paper qualification/ education background : Degree
Location : Penang
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 40

Monetary Payout
Basic Salary + Fixed Allowance : RM5,900
Contractual Bonus (months): 1.5mths
Performance, Variable Bonus & Commissions (months) : 1mths + -

Benefits (where relevant) :
Health Benefits : Medical Card
Transport Benefits : none
Mobile / Internet / Gadget Benefits : Internet claim RM90 per month
Flexi Working Hours : yes
Other Benefits : RM600 for glasses, dentistry and medical checkup, car loan interest subsidy


===================== UPDATE MAY 2022 : FIRST COMPANY JUMP ==================================


Job Title : Firmware Engineer
Job Description : FPGA firmware development and debug
Age : 29
Years spent in company : 1 week
Company : MNC
Industry: FPGA
Tenure: Permanent
Employment Level : Senior? I am not sure
Experience before joining (years) : 4 years 8 months
Highest paper qualification/ education background : Degree
Location : Penang
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 40

Monetary Payout
Basic Salary + Fixed Allowance : RM7,650
Contractual Bonus (months): 1.5mths
Performance, Variable Bonus & Commissions (months) : Annual bonus + Quarter bonus

Benefits (where relevant) :
Health Benefits : Medical Card
Transport Benefits : none
Mobile / Internet / Gadget Benefits : Internet claim USD50 per month
Flexi Working Hours : yes
Other Benefits : RM800 for glasses, dentistry and medical checkup, car loan interest subsidy, stock options, many more I am not clear yet, still new here.


I have been targeting to have RM10k before age of 30, but seems like not possible for me now.
Time to set new target of RM15k before age of 35.

How do you guys think of my career path? Should I consider myself to go KL for higher salary? ( No Singapore jobs please I don't like SG )

Job Title : Senior Software Developer
Job Desciption : .NET Developer
Age : 30
Years spent in company : 1 years 8 months
Company : Local
Industry : Insurance
Tenure : Permanent
Employment Level : Senior Executive
Experience before joining (years) : 6 years 6 months
Highest paper qualification/ education background : Diploma
Location : WFH/KL
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 45

Monetary Payout
Basic Salary : RM 9212
Contractual Bonus (months): -
Performance, Variable Bonus & Commissions (months) : 2 - 6 mths

Work Flexibility (where relevant) :
Work From Home Availability: Full WFH since start, unless have specific orders to go office
Annual Leaves: 21 days
Flexi Working Hours : Yes

Benefits (where relevant) :
Health Benefits : Group insurance, dental, optical, self, dependents
Transport Benefits : -
Mobile / Internet / Gadget Benefits : Yes, RM 1000 per annum
Other Benefits :

Future Prospects (personal outlook) :
Current salary against peers in industry : Average?
Growth prospects : Good room for growth, need to be active and deliver your work.
Where I will go from here : Still want to maintain as a developer.


About to jump ship, as I have been interviewing for other companies.

Career wise, I think its good profile. Since you stayed at least for 4 years++ in the first company before you jumped, and even got several increments. No need to go KL, there are companies that have Full WFH policy. You just need to find it.

I had the same goal to hit 10k by 30 and did not achieve it =/ then I set the same goal as you (15k by 35), now I'm 34 and I'm happy to say that I have achieved my personal goal . My path was Software Engineer > Software Development Team Leader > Software Architect. FYI I stayed and promoted from junior > senior > team leader > sw architect in the same company that I worked with for 7 years then made a jump with big increment. In total I have 9 years of working experience, entering my 10th in later half of 2022 =). So I think your goal is definitely achievable, all the best and good luck!

Kinda sad that the one true way to meet salary goals is to jump ship. It comes with a risk and who knows if the company you jump to will be a good fit. Seldom there are cases where loyal and high performing employees achieve their salary goals.

I agree! I'm sure there are company that can pay loyal employee very very well along side with their growth, but it would be really rare. I made a jump after knowing that new comers with lesser experience and responsibilities are getting higher salary closing to what I was earning. Then I felt that it is time to seek for a better opportunity elsewhere =/

Not sad at all. You open yourself up to more perspective whenever you jump ship. There's too much bullshit that surrounds corporate management, it'd be stupid of one to not jump at least once in their life.

Payout look nice already...
i have same target like you...
next year 30yo, almost reach 10k yet not 10k
lets together target Rm15k before reach 35yo

oops it's typo, total years is 5 years, forgot to exclude my current co working years

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This post has been edited by mazai5100: Jun 29 2023, 11:19 PM

Just curious. Double Master with only $7k, is the considered underpaid in Singapore?

Well, in Spore yes, my industry, this is the standard plus-minus... Plus when you are a foreigner here, you cannot expect to be paid at the same level as locals.
But since after conversion to MYR it looks good so I dont mind.

Super awesome man. I am currently learning blockchain development, specifically ethereum. I aim to be a solidity developer but open to the other area as well (any EVM compatible blockchain). But I wonder how can you work with 3 companies at the same time? Is this a permanent position?

Job Title : IT Project Manager
Job Description : Responsible to lead a team to build mobile app for client (agency)
Age :33
Years spent in company : almost 2 years
Industry : Tech
Employment Level : Senior
Experience before joining (years) : 4 years
Location : KL
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 40 hrs
Basic Salary: RM 5800

Contractual basis, not permanent

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This post has been edited by william3188: Jan 16 2023, 04:52 PM

kindly check pm
i have more questions for you

Job Title : Team Lead
Job Description : Lead work, 70% coding & 20% manage dev team & 10% manage client
Age : 31
Years spent in company : 2
Company : SME
Industry : Internet
Tenure : Permanent
Employment Level : Lead
What I know: front-end, backend, system design & algorithms
Experience before joining (years) : 6
Highest paper qualification/ education background : Diploma
Location : WFH
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 45hrs

Monetary Payout
Basic Salary : RM15,500
Performance, Variable Bonus & Commissions (months) : 1 months ++
Annual Leaves: 15
Working Hours : Standard

Benefits (where relevant): WFH

Usually I just surf lowyat garage sales as anonymous, decided to open an account here to share my career experience till I read this, hope will help someone with medium-low (diploma to high school) qualification, since nowadays master, degree or diploma+ is normal. Also please don't expect my reply because I not really an online socialise person and do have family to busy with.

Most of my life friends know my salary range, they always question and say you are genius, is so rare that someone can earn this range at your age especially you just diploma holder.
But the truth is, I don't think I'm that good, I've met very few people who do better than me, about twice or more than my salary range or have a successful startup.

Small advice & facts:
1. IT industry is lucky, average salary have soared in recent years due to market need.
2. Cert is just an entry ticket, of course I would like to continue further study (to get better privilege entry ticket) if able to afford a that time, important is to keep learning no matter in what situation, invest time in good book.
3. Seek for better opportunity is good, but don't just measure it in money. My ratio (money:time 70:30), there an offer around 20k++ years ago, but decide not to go since the extra few thousand after tax doesn't really can change much on current life style & cant WFH.
4. Stay hungry stay foolish, in case you get lay off you won't be so worried for next job
5. Labour is cheap, please study hard

Your first company is Clarion?

My previous job from Q4 2016 to Q1 2019



Q1 2019 - Q1 2021
Now
Worked in same company for 3 years. During MCO got bonus and increment but there's no promotion. I guess that's the downside of working in MNC company where they have sets of guidelines to follow in order to promote staff. I guess is time to move on? Trying to get 10k by 40 YO?

Previous post: https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...0&p=100423567&#

1 year on, had an excellent year in the semiconductor industry and ended up making just under 150k in CY21 according to e-BE filing

My existing company low balled me at around 6K SGD OTE with no CPF reimbursement when I requested to be moved over to SG head office, so I applied elsewhere and was relocated at a better than expected package while pivoting into the enterprise SaaS industry.

I did not reveal my existing salary package in MYR and used the advertised range in MyCareersFuture to negotiate my expected compensation. I was fortunate that my bosses are all based in the Anglosphere and wanted me to have a pay commensurate with US/EMEA team members, hence no lowballing which is typical from SG employers towards MY employees.

Job Title : Senior Technical Sales Engineer
Job Desciption : Selling enterprise software within APAC
Age : 29
Years spent in company : 0 years 2 months
Company : MNC
Industry : Software
Tenure : Permanent, no probation
Employment Level : Individual Contributor (Senior)
Experience before joining (years) : 5 in HW test, R&D, sales
Highest paper qualification/ education background : MEng in EE, UK Russell Group grad
Location : Singapore
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 40

Monetary Payout
Basic Salary + Commission + Fixed Allowance : SGD 11020 (OTE) = 8176 + 2044 + 800
Contractual Bonus (months): 1 months AWS


Work Flexibility (where relevant) : Wfh, occasional visits to customer.
Work From Home Availability: Fully wfh
Annual Leaves: 14 days
Flexi Working Hours : Partial

Benefits (where relevant) :
Health Benefits : Life insurance, medical coverage
Transport Benefits : Car allowance
Mobile / Internet / Gadget Benefits : Company phone + line
Other Benefits : One off relocation bonus of 4000 SGD

Future Prospects (personal outlook) :
Current salary against peers in industry : Average
Growth prospects : Sole sales engineer in SG with counterparts within APAC. Excellent room for growth with regular meetings with VPs, director levels at major customers
Where I will go from here :To apply for SG PR, and reconsider options after 2-3 years.

have to agree on cert is just an entry ticket. I'm one of the lucky one as i don't do quite well in uni time but my parents are proud of me now
All the best bro !

Job Title : Mechanical Design Engineer
Job Desciption : Product design, 3D design, Parts Approval, Product & Parts Testing (IEC ISO Standard) and Project Management.
Age : 24 ( 25 soon)
Years spent in company :11 months
Company : SME
Industry : Manucturing
Tenure : Permanent
Employment Level : Entry level
Experience before joining (years) :0
Highest paper qualification/ education background : Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering with Honours
Location : Shah Alam
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 51.25

Monetary Payout
Basic Salary + Fixed Allowance : RM 3400
Contractual Bonus (months): 1.5 mths
Performance, Variable Bonus & Commissions (months) : n/a

Work Flexibility (where relevant) : Cant wfh
Work From Home Availability: No
Annual Leaves: 10 days (2022 only got 4 days leave becuz i joined july)
Flexi Working Hours : Yes / No / Partial? No

Benefits (where relevant) : no
Health Benefits : Sick Leave MC 14 days
Transport Benefits : No
Mobile / Internet / Gadget Benefits :No
Other Benefits :n/a

I have no idea if i am consider average or slightly lucky as this is just my first job. Can advise me if i am currently doing good? xD

This post has been edited by dtkiller97: Jun 7 2022, 08:18 PM

How come AL only 7 days? I thought standard government law is 12 days?

Job Title : System Engineer
Job Description : Hardware installation and Software configuration
Age : 33
Years spent in company : 7
Company : GLC
Industry : IT-O&G
Tenure : Permanent
Employment Level : Executive
Experience before joining (years) : 0
Highest paper qualification/ education background : Bachelor Degree
Location : KL
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 40 + troubleshooting time

Monetary Payout
Basic Salary + Fixed Allowance : RM 5000
Contractual Bonus (months): mths
Performance, Variable Bonus & Commissions (months) : depend on performance. maybe at least 3 mths

Benefits (where relevant) :
Health Benefits : Employee and dependent
Transport Benefits : None
Mobile / Internet / Gadget Benefits : 120
Flexi Working Hours : Yes
Other Benefits : Dental + optical (included in benefit), (travel allowance and offshore allowance)- when applicable

*now already move to other company with increment 80%

This post has been edited by ahms89: Jun 7 2022, 03:51 PM

ob Title : Project / Bid Manager
Job Desciption : Supporting sales and bid team, Managing small service projects
Age : 38
Years spent in company :11 years
Company : MNC
Industry : Railway
Tenure : Permanent
Employment Level : Senior
Experience before joining (years) :0
Highest paper qualification/ education background : MBA, Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering with Honours
Location : PJ
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 45-50

Monetary Payout
Basic Salary + Fixed Allowance : RM9596
Contractual Bonus (months): 1.5 months
Performance, Variable Bonus & Commissions (months) : 1 month minimum

Work Flexibility (where relevant) : Refer below
Work From Home Availability: Yes, to be applied prior
Annual Leaves: 30 days
Flexi Working Hours : Yes

Benefits (where relevant) : Group insurance including dependents
Health Benefits : MC 14 days
Transport Benefits :n/a
Mobile / Internet / Gadget Benefits :RM1200 per year
Other Benefits :RM4300 yearly flexi benefits subject to tax

Not sure if i'm underpaid as currently we are in a niche industry.

Job Title : Interactive designer
Job Description : Digital design, UI/UX design, design prototyping
Age : 25
Years spent in company :5 months
Company : Digital design agency, Web and app dev
Industry : Tech
Tenure : Permanent
Employment Level : Entry level
Experience before joining (years) :0
Highest paper qualification/ education background :Arts BA Hons Digital Design
Location : Damansara City
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 50


Basic Salary + Fixed Allowance : RM 2800
Performance, Variable Bonus & Commissions (months) : subject to performance

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

Benefits (where relevant) : health insurance
Health Benefits : mc 14 days
Transport Benefits :n/a
Mobile / Internet / Gadget Benefits :Company Macbook Pro
Other Benefits :n/a

At DC mall? Jom lunch

Just checked back my offer letter, only 10 days (less than 2 years). Will increase after 2 years.

80% increment??? Did you edit your payslips when applying for new job?

Pay seems low but 30 days AL?

yup total 30days AL. Any idea how much does a bid manager takes home?

When you were being underpaid for ages and the new company is at least half decent in giving appropriate compensations, this is typical outcome. Don't have to do stupid thing like editing payslip which later can come up to bite your own ass

My case almost the same although the need to relocate made it much easier to jump that much in term of basic salary

indeed chinaman style

I think our role is similar but different industry and I only have degree. My basic is 76% higher. I don't have contractual bonus or allowances. Just performance bonus which is usually 3 months minimum. AL is only 21 days. Been with my current company for 6 years.