I have an idea i.e. to gather all of the salary range of engineers working in Malaysia for all of us to understand who is getting more and who is getting less, what does the workload look like, for example...fresh engineering graduates will be getting around RM40K ++ annually etc. Do post your engineering experience here in Malaysia or overseas. All of the inputs are welcome. This would help and be used as a reference point for other upcoming and future, potential engineers to consider before they step into the engineering field.
In overseas, the engineer union is helping to guard the interest of engineers by maintaining the basic salary structure of engineers in their country. In Malaysia, IEM the union, that is supposed to protect the engineer's interest as well. If anyone has any good ideas on how they are helping or could be helping regular engineers like us, feel free to share them here.
By the way, I'm a software engineer that still OT"ing" while waiting for my software to be compiled.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Become the real engineer, cool
This dream has been carried forward by many potential engineers with them. They studied hard to score all of the As in the examination, continuous studying and working hard to get into university, obtaining scholarships, learning all of the unnecessary subjects which the university "thinks" could be helpful, paying extra tuition fee and taking a longer time to complete the degree program than most of other professional courses.
After stepping into the actual engineering firm and being in practice as an engineer, the situation is good because everyone is glad that you've joined a good company with secure income to boast.
Time passes gradually while working in the engineering career. One year, two years, three years... One slowly realize that the graduates from business schools, law schools, medical schools, teaching schools etc. are earning more than engineers, except civil engineers (may be there are more that I'm not aware of).
Time at work is becoming longer than other professions. From 9 hours it becomes 10, 11, 12 or even until early morning occasionally due to the increasing workload. Personal time is getting shorter and lesser. Work, life, balance...naw... Officially 5 working days in a week, actual working days are 7 in a week if you include the OTs and coming on weekends. Oh yes, OT means working for free for the company, in this instance.
Bonus payout of other professions are in the range of 6 months or more. Engineers are talking about 3 months or less.
After stepping into the actual engineering firm and being in practice as an engineer, the situation is good because everyone is glad that you've joined a good company with secure income to boast.
Time passes gradually while working in the engineering career. One year, two years, three years... One slowly realize that the graduates from business schools, law schools, medical schools, teaching schools etc. are earning more than engineers, except civil engineers (may be there are more that I'm not aware of).
Time at work is becoming longer than other professions. From 9 hours it becomes 10, 11, 12 or even until early morning occasionally due to the increasing workload. Personal time is getting shorter and lesser. Work, life, balance...naw... Officially 5 working days in a week, actual working days are 7 in a week if you include the OTs and coming on weekends. Oh yes, OT means working for free for the company, in this instance.
Bonus payout of other professions are in the range of 6 months or more. Engineers are talking about 3 months or less.
My ambition when I grow up is to be engineer
Well, this is what happened to me as well. Engineering is such a wonderful career that everyone is dreaming off back in the 80s in Malaysia. To everyone, engineers are a well-paid and highly respected occupation.
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