Realistically, no. Annual salary increment is usually around 4-6% and that's if your company is doing quite well (ex: PETRONAS).

If you want to get 10% increment, it's either a counter-offer from your employer to retain you, a promotion or you jump ship. I wouldn't recommend jumping ship for 10% increment though. At least 15% but on average, 20-30%. If you're lucky, you can get 50-60% increment especially if you're joining a high-paying industry. It happened to me once and my salary went from RM3000 to RM4800. Felt like winning the lottery. hahaha

This post has been edited by lamusiqa: Mar 21 2023, 10:11 AM

I'd rather have the recruiter reject my job application based on my expected salary rather than allowing the hiring manager to invite me to go on an interview and then lowball me. Happened to me once when I went for an interview at ASTRO. They offered me an increment less than RM100 because my "salary bracket" is almost maxed out for the position.

Red flag, for sure! Companies should post the salary range of a position when they advertise it. That'll make it easier for both parties.

The crazy thing was.. I wrote down expected salary RM4k to deter them. I only went for the interview to refresh my interview skills. I applied for the job a month before without doing research on the company and I found out they were embroiled in so much controversy (Lynas) so I got scared. When they called up for an interview, I gave so many excuses but legit ones (ex: cant apply leave within 7 days). They continued to call me up for 3 weeks and I relented just for the interview experience.

Went to the interview on Friday, they called me up on Monday morning and offered me more than I asked for. I accepted the job immediately and it turned out to be one of the best jobs I ever had. And just to add, Lynas is OK. No radiation danger whatsoever. Ive been there, Ive seen the science and data.