huh? furniture shop can make money meh?

how he got the connections and exprerience ?

hotel and airline industry are high risk during MCO.

what is that?

depends on the industry.

HR and Accountancy don't have much connection to introduce

My friends in the construction and machinery maintenance field have more opportunity in this.

Job security is a thing of the past and there is no guarantee in life. One should live within means and not trying to over commit i.e. high maintenance life style, sports car, big banglo.. ofc unless these are just less than 10% of total asset.

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actually can wan, just how buddy2 you are to whoever who moved to another company and whether they can influence the HR to hire you

That's why I live frugally so that in the event I got no job, I got passive income coming in.

Having your own income stream is a kind of protection for oneself.

with AI replacing senior workers risk zone is already become 30's

He selling imported USA brand furniture

I also kena fry during MCO, from 2019 to 2023, used up 100k savings just to lead a normal life, buy food, buy groceries, car petrol road tax insurance, Shopee shopping etc

At 50, one should already established oneself in ones industry. Experience, knowledge and connections.

Im in early 50s, just got an offer with a 20% salary bunp.

Like Liam Neeson character in Taken, I have a particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long career.

I really dont want to work over 50yo..
But i took a mortgage with my company until retirement age (60). Need to save fast enough to get out of the loan before my target retirement year

Ok. I will start worrying after 1 decade.

>50? After 45, you are no longer competitive enough liao; worse if you are still stuck in mid level. LOL.

At 40s, only purchase a house / property on loan if you already have that amount in your investments. Don't stress yourself with 'potential future income' to cover the loan. Chances of retrenchment, role being obsolete / redundant is pretty high the older you get. You might be the best employee in the company today, but down the road there is always a younger, cheaper version of yourself going to fill that role of yours.
There is no such thing as 'company needs you to survive'. The moment you are a burden, off you go.

We used to have this saying when working in MNC ‘you are as good and successful as your last achievement!’…..

if you is sacked or lose job by 50 you can retired already... EPF money sudah dapat, then just living a simple life only..

apa lagi mahu kejar?

Dunno what to say... My friend got VSS and got rehire by the same comp after 1 yr.... She very lucky

There is another pattern forming in silence, one that escapes most people. A generation before us often chanted: “Don’t be loyal, loyalty doesn’t pay off.” This advice was passed down to their younger generation.

Because of this conditioning, today’s workforce does not easily stay loyal. The cause and effect of the past is shaping the cause and effect of the present. Now, due to the scarcity of loyalty, SMEs and some corporations have come to value loyalty, especially from capable people—more than anything else. Under current market conditions, those who have remained loyal for 15–20 years find their positions deeply anchored.

What dumbfounds me is how this notion of “loyalty” has crossed over into personal human relationships. You can see the same trend running in parallel: modern relationships are no longer as loyal and faithful as in the old days—they mirror the same conditioning we see in the workplace.

This is why when /ktards make fun of KKM seringgit or raise the payment to higher, they fail to see that there are some people who have fallen on hard times who will need healthcare from the government.

I wouldn't say conditioning, people are just simply reacting to the environment.

They saw how loyalty did not matter during retrenchment. They saw even corporate giants can fail. They saw the consequences of putting all eggs in one basket, and they adapt accordingly.