Hi I'm software developer and currently salary <=8k. I had been working for 2 companies for my 12 years working life. Should I change my job since the economy in year of 2022 not so good right now? Btw, may i know will salary increment 20% too much for job hopping?
Kindly appreciate your experiences & comments. TQTQ~

This post has been edited by CuteSniper22: May 17 2022, 02:39 AM

8k for 12 years working is kinda low for Klang Valley.
20% is not a lot and software developer doesn't see this anyway.
If you have the skill/stack, they will pay you.

I m <=8k as well.
Worked for 5 years and is my 4th job.
IT consultant

20% is quite low tbh for job hopping.

You should be asking at least 30%.

Unexpected. I think u must in higher position with such salary.

Haha... are u just kidding? minimum 30%? more than 10k ~
Same for the workload + 30% ?
I wonder the HR will pusing kepala~ hehe

This post has been edited by CuteSniper22: May 17 2022, 02:57 AM

my last 2 job hopping was 53%~ and 37%~

and no im not kidding.

My title is Junior. So it is not high at all. Just the skill set is specific and in the IT presales world is generally lack of people. Cause most IT people prefer to not deal with people and work at backend. Presales requires a skill set to deal with customer that is sometimes an idiot and demanding. Just like programmer dealing with Project Manager that promise everything.

Just to give you the flow.
Support Engineer <3.5k
Presales Consultant cum Support Engineer <4.5k
Sales Specialist <6k
Current <8k

Each team in my department focus their own job equally, without interfere other job scope
That why I'm not prefer to do those all lumpsum jobs which need to deal with document works & user /operation side, hard to communicate with them like playing office politics... haiz~
Btw, are these job positions promoted in same company or hop to other company? Mind to share how many percentage of salary increment for each hopping?

This post has been edited by CuteSniper22: May 17 2022, 03:14 AM

Write above already lo. [start pay - last pay]
1st Job - Support Engineer [2.5k-3.5k] 1 Year before hop
2nd Job - Presales Consultant cum Support Engineer [3.8k-4.5k] 1.5 Year before hop
3rd Job - Sales Specialist [6k] 6 months before hop
4th Job - Consultant [7k-~8k] current

seem like ur increment around 1k+ for each hop.
middle increment with many hops (quite safety) ...haha

This post has been edited by CuteSniper22: May 17 2022, 03:41 AM

Mind to share your position, senior level? manager? or higher?

TS, just ask for 30% and trust your own skill.

I got my recommendation from a headhunter, they help me propose 30% of my current and I have around 8~9 years of experience and finally, I got the offer.

This post has been edited by dragon528: May 17 2022, 02:58 PM

Min 30%.

Good to start high and try not to sell yourself too low. Some companies may have antiquated policies. Those are the type, unless you are desperate, you should avoid.

Happened to me that I asked for 40% negotiable and got 70%. I got offered for a more higher position than what I applied because I did well in interview and have additional experience (as I was wearing multiple hats in my previous company) that fulfills the requirement for higher level position. But I had to go through additional rounds of interview for the higher level position though. Both company from my previous and current employment are MNC.

Ask for straight 40%
Then says negotiable...
So in the end would bet around 30% +/-
😁

Icic, but with such high increment, I have a major concern. My current company policy is like this: HR will tie & fit their salary level with job title/position. Meaning when salary increment meet until certain level & the person must promoted to higher job position which lead to wider job scope (all lumpsum tasks given? I really hated paperworks)
I wonder majority of companies behave like tat? CAn normal staff (non-manager level) able to gain salary of 10k above?

This post has been edited by CuteSniper22: May 17 2022, 06:43 PM

No wonder you all are k/tards
First, getting high increment when you job hop is NOTHING to celebrate because it simply means that you were underpaid the whole time and therefore leaving money on the table. You are merely getting your market's worth.
2) Those of you who propose 20-30% hike when job hopping is, while can happen OCCASIONALLY, is unrealistic. Majority of the job hoppers in Malaysia get a few percent.
3) Those people who loudly and unashamedly reveal their pay in the internet are already high to begin with which they will use as an opportunity to humble brag. This creates sample bias.

haha...that why I worried that 30% increment really acceptable by recruiters or not. Even yes, the job scope will be very tough. High stress job?

This post has been edited by CuteSniper22: May 17 2022, 08:14 PM

20% - 50% increase is ok and normal. RM8k is not much these day.