Hi friends,

I want to seek your advice on below offers:

MY
Monthly base: RM15K
Fix allowance: RM1K
Contractual bonus: None
Perf. bonus: 1 month average
EPF Employer: 12% on base salary
Annual Leave: 20 days
Dental & Optical Claims: Covered

TH
Monthly base: THB90K
Cost of living allowance: THB60K (will reduced over a period of 3 years, Year 4 onwards = 'Zero' cost of living allowance)
Contractual bonus: 1 month
Perf. bonus: 1.5 months average
Relocation allowance (one-time only): THB400K
Provident Fund: 13% on base salary
Work Visa: Sponsored by the company.
Annual Leave: 20 days
Dental & Optical Claims: Covered

1) Which job would you choose? (MY or TH)

2) Why?


Thanks for your time!

This post has been edited by Ryosuke_82: Feb 8 2025, 10:36 AM

I would say both are the same to me. from the starts, of course the Thailand job is giving more in term of total income (THB150K (salary + allowance)). But you do need to consider that you need to rent a room / house in Thailand.

Ultimately, it depends on the job nature. Just choose the one that align with your career goal. IF your aim is to experience EXPAT lifestyle in some oversea country, by all means just go to Thailand. Else, if you compare in terms of money, MY offer is better. considering your next jump is base on MYR15K vs THB 90K (MYR11K++).

Thailand might have security concern

i guess this never hear of scam centers in Thailand?

Please STOP the generalization.

Every country has security concerns, Malaysia isn't that safe either.

Both job is under the same mother company, just different branch.

if u stay in Malaysia, are u staying in ur house or renting?
U only got like MYR4k+ extra per month working oversea, i used to got an offer for Taiwan, which quite similar like yours, around 4-5k extra, but im staying in my own house, no need to pay rent and save a lot in food, so extra 4-5k (mean if u are committing more money to your foods and rent, u might be only making extra 1-2k more only, not to mentioned your allowance reduced by time) isn't very much considering u already commit oversea, away from your friends and family. And if staying oversea, most of your leaves might be used to come back to Malaysia, so lack holidays for vacation too

This post has been edited by ragk: Feb 15 2025, 01:16 AM

Some people landed in Thailand wake up in Myanmar

If the TH job is a promotion within your company, can consider going there for 2-3 years. If it's same grade level, I would stay in Msia.
The money you saved in TH will most likely be used to buy airtickets to go back Msia, and also same goes with your annual leave.

Generally it depends on which one gives you better competitive edge in the future path you're taking. It sounds like a good prospect to head for Thailand if you don't mind working there for several years at least. Additional exposure of how things work in another country is a learning point which you can use as reference when you're back to MY office someday (if you'll be back - I'm just assuming you're Malaysian at this point).

All in all, I'll be assessing over the the value in terms of growth, exposure and learning opportunities (as well as future promotion/ upgrading) since monetary/ package-wise, it's rather similar.

If like that, you might need to consider the given title and job role, which one is more near your career path. This is a critical question and if you pick the one that is not in your career path, you might waste your time.

However if both fit your career path, then you just pick the highest salary

Used Chatgpt to analyse both package, the summary below:

Short-Term Advantage: Thailand, due to the higher COLA (initially) and relocation allowance.

Long-Term Advantage: Malaysia might be more consistent with a stable base salary and guaranteed bonuses.

Bonuses: Thailand offers a slightly more lucrative bonus structure.

Retirement Contributions: Thailand offers a slightly higher employer contribution to the provident fund.

Work-life balance: Both jobs offer the same amount of annual leave.

If you're prioritizing short-term financial benefits, Thailand seems to offer more attractive perks like COLA and relocation allowances. However, if you're looking for long-term stability and guaranteed income (with no drop in living allowance after a few years), Malaysia may be a better fit.

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Info:

No contract constraint on the one-time relocation allowance, meaning if I chose to relocate to TH and get the allowance, I can find a new job and leave immediately - no need to pay back anything to the co. However, my intention is to stay long term with the co.

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At the end, I chose to stay in Malaysia for long term stability. It make no sense to me to work in TH with a salary reduction every year as this will be demotivating to me in the long run.

Thanks for all the feedbacks here, much appreciated.

This post has been edited by Ryosuke_82: Feb 22 2025, 11:33 AM

Ok, got decision le then good

chatgpt did not analyse the value of the job in TH vs MY. above posters sweet_pez mentioned it well. " value in terms of growth, exposure and learning opportunities (as well as future promotion/ upgrading) since monetary/ package-wise, it's rather similar."