I know this is unrelated but for those who wants to compare salaries.

A standard Australian McDonalds full time worker earns around AUD$3k per month.
That's just a front counter staff.

Malaysian economy is going down if people are going to be underpaid.We'll even put ourselves on par with 3rd world nations like India, Vietnam, Cambodia or Bangladesh.

Our Government is just playing the "pretend not to know" game just to keep the MNCs from complaining.We do not have the advantage to make them stay.It's actually a very bad indication of our country's economy.
What do we have that other developing countries like Vietnam, Thailand, Bangladesh and India doesn't?If we are going to play the same game as them, they'll always have the advantage of having cheaper labor.

It is the wrong route to go because as we speak, countries like Singapore continues to suck in our talents with their performance policies.

HSBC Call Centre junior consultant staffs are paid over RM2k.This is not even executive position.

Fresh grad dekat Hong Kong basic is HKD15000 atau RM7500.

Malaysia boleh ke?

Syok saje nampak kosong kat belakang.

What do you mean by that?
Have you asked them about their relationship with the loved ones?

If your boss comes and tell you this evening that a client urgently wants this done by today, can you tell him/her you want it postponed to tomorrow or end of the week?Do you have a choice?

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Added on August 5, 2008, 2:10 pmAll those KPI, BAM and performance indexing figures do not entirely reflect balance in one's work/life.They are just put up on the board for the upper management, directors and the CEO to assess his company's overall performance.

Things like health, mental alertness and an open/free mind cannot be gauge through those figures.A troubled employee will never perform optimally or go beyond his/her job routine, often never happy with their job.You would never know about your staff's shortcomings unless you keep a close relationship with them which many bosses fail to do most of the time.They would just hand you your tasks, supervise your work and if you manage to achieve your goal, you're good if not you're not up to expectation.

You would often see this in indian run organizations.They try to follow the western way in HR management methods in keeping numbers intact but those figures they put up are mainly just to impress.

This post has been edited by ark890: Aug 5 2008, 02:10 PM

Chinaman company...they sometimes lack the knowledge about keeping staffs happy and its implications.

The modern thinking ones are beginning to improve on their staffs working environment but many today are still more concerned about making maximum profits all the time and minimizing cost/expenditures.

A summary would be:

Modern chinese companies matters profit over anything else.Expect to put in lots of hardwork, lower salary ranges but their HR management may be next to their European counterparts.

The worst thing you would expect is when the management play much politics and favoritism.At least you won't find many chinese companies having these sort of culture.

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Added on August 5, 2008, 5:19 pmWhen a fresh draws that kind of salary amount, you should also know what is expected from you.Your kind of job may involve lives, handling highly complicated machinery which cost millions as such.



This post has been edited by ark890: Aug 5 2008, 05:19 PM