goodness fresh grad pay is the same as mine and even a little higher... worked for 4 years 2 in manufacturing 2 in O&G as procurement exec.. still so low... now in GLC ... sigh...

5-6k a month as a PRP? Seriously  ?! My senior told me that her current wages as a PRP (West Malaysia) are only 3.4k a month inclusive of allowances. If you're working in East Malaysia then maybe around 4k.

By the way how do you specialise as a pharmacist? Am interested in eventually specialising as an anti-microbial pharmacist.
Won't be surprised. The whole world and their little siblings are studying pharmacy now x_x .
Well I read somewhere on this forum that a neurosurgeon can command a monthly salary of 300k++. Should have done medicine then. FML.

Either way apparently doctors on average still get paid more than pharmacists .

Oh so the Pharmacy Board/Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society doesn't offer such courses then . Have to shell out more money .

No I mean the RPSGB in UK do offer some courses for continuing pharmacy education (if I remember correctly) so I assumed that the Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society will do the same too but so far all I've seen under their continuing pharmacy education section are talks and seminars .

That's what I thought too initially (about docs earning slightly more but having a lot more work) but now when I hear everyone saying that doctors earn so much more..... . However the hell they have to go through before getting to that level...mmmm...

Lol. I just graduated la dear. Starting my pre reg this October and my results were decent but nothing fancy (no first class honours + top of the class + a bunch of other fancy awards) so I don't think I can get a scholarship to do Masters that easily >_< .

Lol I guess it depends on where you're working as well. My senior who's doing her pre-reg constantly b1tches about how horrible life as a PRP is while another senior who did her pre-reg in the pharmacy bureau claims that working life is super chilled and easy.

Hopefully I won't be posted to somewhere stressful XD.

I think for your pre reg year you'll go to all the wards on a rotation basis. After that I'm not sure but I think they'll probably assign you to a particular department. According to my senior apparently the outpatient department is the worst and the most boring, just sit there dispensing prescriptions like a robot xP .

Fresh grad 0_0 ? Don't you have to work for the govt for 4 years first? Or by fresh grad do you mean someone who's just finished their 4 years of government service XD ?

10k is enough for me :3 . As long as it's enough to raise a family w/out depending on my hubby's income then it's good enough for me. So if anything happens to my hubby (touch wood!!) or if we end up divorced (touch wood too!!) then at least my family and I can survive. For some reason I'm super paranoid of turning into those women who end up in trouble because they're too dependent on their hubby's income >_< ./off topic
Back to the topic, if you're going to do your pre reg in Malaysia I'd advise you to avoid HTAR Klang if possible. I've heard from too many people that working there is a nightmare! Crazy politics + insane workload x___x;;; .

Pharmacists . Which sounds very scary lol. Well if you're contributing to all the household expenses alone then yeah it probably won't be enough XD. However I think usually the costs of the house are shared between both partners? So it's not that 'painful' XD.

Well basically the workload is crazy (compared to other hospitals apparently) and that the office politics there are very scary >_< . That's what I heard anyway XD . HOWEVER if you go in with a positive attitude then you should be able to survive .

Not too sure about that actually. I just heard that it's extremely busy and some say that it's haunted =___________=;;;; .

Then again if you really want to believe that it's haunted then you might as well say the same thing for ALL hospitals XD .

Oh well I think the other hospitals aren't as bad as HTAR for some reason (which I have never thought of asking about >_>;;;). Just that most of my seniors (those who aren't at HTAR) seem to be having a breeze but the ones who are at HTAR are crying blood. When one of my classmates (who lives in Klang) posted on facebook about hoping to get HTAR a lot of seniors commented saying 'Lol you sure? We heard HTAR is horrible.' =_=;;. However no one explained why is it worse compared to all the other hospitals >_> . The most anyone has ever said is 'Crazy workload and bad politics' but no one explained why is the workload more =_=;;;. Never thought of asking either until you asked why XD .

Maybe it's busier because there are more patients overall :S ? That's the only explanation I can think of x_x . If that's the case then shouldn't bad politics exist in all government run hospitals XD ?

now pharmacist in govn hosp easily getting rm7k and above

fresh grad pharmacist get 3.7k with all the allowances added
I wonder what will it be in singapore

4k for working at singapore??

owh really??

B ut I'm thinking so bcos I'm from a average family. So I need to depend on financial aids and all. That's why i need to find out is it true that doctors will be jobless like how many have said in 5 to 10 years time, bcos if we're jobless then there will not even be a chance for u to be competent. On top of that, I'm not going into a reputable university. When I come out I'll have to carry the burden of my family income, that's the reason why i'm asking for advice above

i going to continue my study in bachelor of pharmacy, but anyone know any vacancy in private hospital for assistant pharmacist?want to work during holiday or maybe few years~ help me..btw, gov pharmacist around 3.5k only after tolak kwsp etc..u need 4 years contract with gov before you can work at private sector~

i have diploma in pharmacy hehe but looking for private hospital with vacancy~any info?
btw 3.5k i good enough for me, yes you're right, most of the fred grad hardly get 3k above sallary..

i got offer from kpj tawakkal before basic rm1800 + allowance so total around RM2300 but i was studying so have to decline the offer lol..
yah i think hard to get an offer from private but based on my experience still have private hospital need AP cause usually pharmacist in private do not do outpatient dispensing..^^

really?haha, maybe only kpj do that, because they told me that in the interview, maybe i should inform them i have finished my study in diploma..maybe get the offer back haha~but if i get offer to continue my study in degree, for sure i will accept haha ^^

yah i know ^^ but at least the salary is higher compared to diplome & for a long term, it is much better ^^
nowadays 4 years very fast one hehe