You said your family is important, so you should be where your family is. If your family wants to move with you to the UK, then move. If they don't then stay in Malaysia.

Salary around rm11k

The most important question is
Do you ask your partner about this, are she and yr kid up to this changes?
How about both sides of parents?

The rest is up to you. Good prospect are hard to come by but if it doesn’t work out, do you have plan B?
If all are ok and well plan, then I don’t see why not give it a try.

My partner is more excited than I am. She is up for the move. Kid is still 3yo.
No ones else knows about it just yet. Sure parents wont be happy, have to leave them again.

I dont know what plan B is, come back and job hunt again in Malaysia maybe.

My partner is more excited than I am. She is up for the move. Kid is still 3yo.
No ones else knows about it just yet. Sure parents wont be happy, have to leave them again.

I dont know what plan B is, come back and job hunt again in Malaysia maybe.

My partner is more excited than I am. She is up for the move. Kid is still 3yo.
No ones else knows about it just yet. Sure parents wont be happy, have to leave them again.

I dont know what plan B is, come back and job hunt again in Malaysia maybe.

The offered package is crap. I wont even bother. Relocating this far and with family along takes so much more.
Stay back and look for something else.

around £10k per year. not focusing so much on savings because I got private and public pension funds. still got a few hundred k in EPF too

rather spend travelling like what brits do. if lose job, can just claim housing benefits, universal credit, job seeker allowances etc

the private and public pension fund from UK? Is it compulsory to contribute to pension fund. And have you got your PR?
When I was in the US, I did not sign up for 401k Because I know I'm not going to settle down in the US. I invested my money into stocks and the rest send back to Malaysia to pay off debts. Though Im debt free now and own a home (probably the best investment Ive made while working in the US), still worried about my future finance.
I only have about rm100+k investment in the US from my time there, EPF not so much because I only worked in Malaysia for 4 years in total.

Yes, you can probably opt out. Yes, I have PR here. The problem I have working in 3 different countries is the pensions are scattered across 3 countries. You can always pay into EPF with your earnings from abroad if you want to retire in Malaysia

you need to think long and hard where you want to settle down before making your decision

Been simply exploring Surrey for property rentals, 2B units are at least 1.5k gbp and they look so ugly, macam rumah zaman peaky blinders
so the rental would be potentially 40-50% of nett pay.

Currently, I'm only paying 17% of my nett pay for rent, 3B spacious condo unit in JB.

I finally un-SUS to join this tered.

Career wise, I would say that UK might be a good place, but family-wise, it depends.

My experience, I came to the UK almost fifteen years ago, and I come here by giving up everything I had in Malaysia. Managed to survive tho.

Nowadays, it might be difficult, because of how things changed here.

Living actually can be arranged at ease once you have a proper permit to work/stay here in the UK. (My line is more to jimat cermat style, and would be even friendlier if you're a Chinese)

But again, I dunno why you would choose Surrey. Is that location close to your workplace?

Yes, the company is in Surrey. Or any location you may want to recommend around Surrey. Would be great if there are Asian/Malaysian community in the area

Houses in the UK is always had the odd design, ugly I would emphasize. They loves rounded, corners, full of edges, terrible window built in, awful design, and cramping stuff into spaces, for example, putting a stairs right in front of you after opening the main door, to putting a wall between your kitchen to living room etc.

I notice you mentioned you're coming to the UK with your family in consideration, so might as well choose a place good and accessible, not too rural. (traffic is shyte here, with many hidden cost)

From a career perspective, I think it will open up more options for me in the future. During the interview, I did ask about the state of the company during covid and with possible global recession/inflation -
according to them, they have a new CEO and he brought in new investments that have set them for the next 7 years, at least the plan for next 3 to 4 years is clear what needs to be delivered. Hence why they are expanding.
Plius during covid, the company did lay-off people but their team was not affected (RnD engineering)

May I ask, have you regretted the decision to go to UK?
Yea, not sure yet if I would be going first and they would join later or we all go together. However that's something to think about if Im selected. My friend (one of the interviewer) told me he will update me by end of next week.

Don't mind me asking how much you're earning? I know you mentioned you save about 10k gbp a year, I'm assuming that's after all your travelling or buying/enjoying things you want?

I'll be attending an interview next week conducted by a UK-based company, the hiring manager is a good friend of mine (a European) we used to work and hang out in the US many years ago.
Recently he contacted me and asked if I'm willing to join his team in the UK, he seems to be very keen on bringing me there. We had an unofficial chat about the role before the actual interview.

Currently, I also work in a UK company based in Malaysia. Salary around rm11k. I have no significant commitments, house (in KL) and car paid off. Married with a child.
Though I own a house, I'm renting so I could stay nearby work. After minus all my critical expenses (rent,grocery,family,utilities) I can save about 3-4k a month ( I invest half of it).

Now about the UK work, I didn't really ask my friend about the salary just yet but from what I got to know from Glassdoor, for the same exact position the salary is about 5200 pounds a month.
After-tax, that's around 3.7k. Unit rental, to have similar convenience that I have now, i.e large house, close to work... I may need to fork out around 1.2-1.5k.
Now that leaves me about 2.5k for the rest. I may need a car. And for the rest of the expenses I might be down to 1-1.5k in savings --> which equates to rm6-7k.

With all the negative economic news surrounding the UK, I'm no expert but everything just not pointing in the right direction. Inflation, rental hikes, recession.
I don't know if this is something I should be pursuing. I love the work, it's something I'm good at and no doubt - the company is an 'elite' brand in its industry - like Rolex for watches. It would be great for the CV. But I don't know if it's worth the trouble of moving there, leaving the life I have here. Do I leave for that extra rm2-3k, leaving behind my friends and family - starting all over again? I worked in the US for 7 years before and came back to Malaysia 3 years ago thinking I may not get another oversea opportunity. But here we are... if this was just another company, I might have just said no thank you - but its like a dream company to work with because of its brand.

Something for me to think about but I would like to know your thoughts about the move or experience working in the UK, any piece of advice.
Thanks.

UPDATE:
Just attended the interview, my friend was one of the interviewer but his colleague was whom I'd be reporting to if I'm selected. The interview went well, personally,I felt good, I think I scored well without my friends help.
I still haven't decided yet, just waiting for the offer before I make my decision. Thanks to all who have given feedback.

Also I've been in the UK for a while, their lifestyle is not my cup of tea. Rather be here.