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Job Offer. You or Company propose salary,

younger — Fri, 30 Oct 2026 21:16:41 +0800

If receive job offer like from ex company or new company that only never know us or new company which we only work together which we both from different projects aka poaching. Should we talk about amount we want or let the company propose first then discuss from there because one

Though it is same industry but we dont know the job scope since it can vary a lot even on same industry

Working culture and working hour is unknown. Some need six day some 5 half some 5 so when divided by working day could end up the same

Working culture unknow. Some need to wayang OT an half or an hour. Some allow OT. Some allow but very calculative. Also some might only count working start on site. Very rugi if calculate on client site arrival.

Bank – Career & Remuneration Discussion, CIMB

MasterK_2016 — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 19:30:49 +0800

Anyone familiar with CIMB's internal grading structure (U1–U4)?

Curious about the seniority, typical salary and bonus ranges, and how these grades compare with other banks.

Appreciate any insights from current or former employees!

Spruson&Ferguson, Work Environment

mymelody11 — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 20:28:22 +0800

Need some advise, is this a good company to work for? e.g. culture etc.

Laid Off/MSS/VSS, lets talk about being laid off

earl-ku — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 16:10:18 +0800

Its end of 2026, and every year also got people being laid off at the end of fiscal year ...

Any unfortunate ones been laid off recently, whats the market benefits like for MSS

Job application turn over,

tkwfriend — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 15:51:35 +0800

Recently I come a scenario a company don't hire people, but they use consultation method to pay to the application

This is the senario:

The company is hiring a marketing people for the company, instate of hiring, the company ask the candidate to provide offering of its own kpi,

Base on the discussion both agree with the kpi, with salary turn to fees. The person will need to fulfill it's on kpi to get paid.
The candidate sets it own working days and time, what to achieve and others

This not only to apply to marketing, but others

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In my personal opinion the company could possible save many expenses.

Let me see your view of this method

Resignation delay, Caused the guy to lose his new offer

redracer2004 — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 08:24:28 +0800

Ok I recently read from an fb friend post about this:

He resigned on 15th June 2026.
The direct supervisor / manager said she is only back to office to accept the resignation on 22nd June 2026 because of wfh rotation.

He got new offer which required him to start the latest on 25rh Sept 2026.

His notice period was 3 months so he thought, his last day in the previous company will be 21st Sept 2026 since the manager said he can't use his leave to deduct and wants him to stay till last day. The company will cash in the leave for him.

So not thinking too much, he put the last date as 21st Sept but after next week, the manager told him on 25th June that she hasn't formally signed back his resignation letter back to HR and it doesn't count as accepted until she had done so.

He questioned her on it but she just said the team needed her and it was really irresponsible to leave at a crucial time now.

He didn't bother and went to HR straight. HR said the company's policy is that all resignation must be formally accepted by the manager to take effect so as of now, no last day is counted yet.

He tried to talk HR law to the HR but he won't budge. So at the end, after much bickering he got the acceptance on 30th June and was allowed last day on 30th Sept which is beyond the new join date of the new place.

The new place decided to not take him in because of late by 1 week entry.

He is planning to go to Perkeso for this. Should he go for it?

Just sharing a useful CV/job search tool I found, CV to Personal Website using AI

goldenpodpills — Sat, 26 Sep 2026 15:54:10 +0800

Came across Self (self.cv) recently while job hunting and thought it might be useful for others here.

Basically, you upload your existing CV/resume and it turns it into a personal resume website that you can send together with job applications. You get a yourname.self.cv type page, and there are free templates available.

What I found especially useful is that it saves me from trying to build a portfolio/CV website from scratch. They also have a Chrome extension that can autofill job application forms using the information from your profile.

I've been using it myself and found it quite handy, so just sharing in case anyone here is applying for jobs and wants to try something different from sending only a PDF CV.

Not affiliated with them, just something I found useful.

Other Countries Outstation Allowance Worth It?,

younger — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 02:29:34 +0800

Constant travel to countries like Vietnam and Indonesia. The allowance just RM100 perday is it worth it though company do give nice hotel mostly 3 or 4 star king bed. In other word daily rate of room mostly atleast RM100++. Each time go sure atleast weeks or almost a month or sometimes two months separate into two trips.

Online interview exclusively,

zach69 — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:10:31 +0800

Hi everyone,

Please post all the companies that hire solely through online interviews in malaysia

Thank you

Remote folks or digital nomads, Where do you guys seek opportunities?

MerryGoRound^2 — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 19:19:11 +0800

LinkedIn feels like a resume-farming mine, a gateway to scam jobs. Meanwhile, other portals such as Remote are all paywalled, and regular websites like JobStreetMY lack varieties.

Also, can anyone share why are there so many predominantly Native Indian/Pakistani firms hiring? But we see so little from employers based internationally, be it US, UK, or EU in general?

What's a good way to explore remote opportunities these days?

first time in physical job interview, tips pls!,

redpandarar — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 16:39:52 +0800

usually when i apply for jobs through Bossjob, i tend to go for the virtual interview option since the platform has that feature, so most of my interview experience has been online.

for virtual interviews, i feel like i have a bit more confidence because i can keep some notes nearby. sometimes if they ask about something technical, i can quickly check my notes or search something up before answering. obviously not to completely fake my answers, but more like a guide in case my mind suddenly goes blank.

now this company i'm interviewing with wants to do a physical interview instead, and i realised i can't really rely on that anymore. my biggest concern is that i might actually know the answer, but because i'm nervous, i'll suddenly forget the technical terms or certain details and end up sounding like i don't know what i'm talking about.

for those who are more used to physical interviews, how do you prepare? do you memorise everything beforehand or just focus on understanding the topics properly?also, how early do you usually arrive for the interview, and are there any things you wish you knew before going for your first physical interview?

would appreciate some advice from people who have done plenty of these

Time-Leveraged Financial Autonomy (TLFA), My Framework From Career to Capital

Ralna — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 02:41:15 +0800

From my previous thread (From Corporate Jobs to Self-Employment), I distilled my thoughts and experiences into a framework which I think may be useful for working professionals.

I call it Time-Leveraged Financial Autonomy (TLFA), which sits at the intersection of career economics, human capital, entrepreneurship, personal finance, and FIRE. The individual concepts aren't new. I found them scattered across different fields, so I integrated them into one coherent career-to-capital framework that can be applied sequentially or diagnostically.

See this as a big-picture map of how professionals can progressively turn their time, skills and experience into higher-value income, business assets, intellectual property, and financial capital.

It answers the question:
How do you convert a career from a sequence of jobs into an accumulating stock of capital?

Most people treat a career as a flow:
Work → salary → expenses → repeat
When they leave a job, much of the economic relationship disappears.

TLFA asks you to build capital out of the career itself, so that each year of work leaves something behind.

You can think of the transformation like this:
Career → Human Capital → Market Value → Business Capital → Financial Capital → Autonomy

Your career isn't just generating this month's salary. It can also accumulate assets and increase future earning power.

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Who is TLFA for?

TLFA is primarily for working professionals who want to build greater economic value through their careers and progressively increase their autonomy, rather than relying indefinitely on a single salary or employer.

It may be particularly relevant to employees, freelancers, consultants, academics, creators and entrepreneurs who want to:
• increase the value of their time rather than simply work more hours
• diversify their income without necessarily working full-time in multiple jobs
• turn professional experience into business assets and intellectual property
• build human, business and financial capital across their careers
• reduce dependence on a single employer or income source
• pursue financial independence without necessarily wanting to retire
• eventually have the freedom to choose whether, how, where, and for whom they work

TLFA isn't about telling everyone to quit their job or become an entrepreneur.
It's a framework for thinking about how your career can progressively create more leverage, capital, and optionality.

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The 5 Core Assumptions of TLFA

1. Time is the scarcest resource.
A professional has a finite amount of time, so wealth creation should focus not only on earning more, but on increasing the value generated per unit of time.

2. A career is a form of capital.
Skills, expertise, experience, reputation, relationships and professional credibility accumulate over time and can be converted into economic value.

3. Income can be progressively decoupled from hours.
A professional can move from selling labour by the hour towards leveraged income through higher-value expertise, multiple income streams, business systems, products and intellectual property.

4. Capital can accumulate and reinforce across stages.
Career-generated income can be converted into business and financial capital. Human capital, business capital and financial capital can strengthen one another over time.

5. Financial independence exists to create autonomy, not necessarily retirement.
The ultimate objective is to reduce dependence on compulsory labour while retaining the freedom to work when the work is meaningful, enjoyable or worthwhile.

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TLFA Framework

This is the framework I drew with ChatGPT. It is built around three main forms of capital that a professional can accumulate over the course of a career: human capital, business capital, and financial capital.

- Human capital comes from developing skills, expertise, experience, reputation and professional networks.
- Business capital comes from converting that expertise into systems, products, intellectual property, businesses and other assets that can generate value beyond your immediate labour.
- Financial capital comes from converting surplus income into savings, investments and other productive assets.

FIRE primarily focuses on the accumulation of financial capital, whereas TLFA takes a broader view: it recognises that financial capital is only one component of financial autonomy, and that professionals can build autonomy by progressively strengthening all three forms of capital and increasing the leverage between them.

The three forms of capital can also reinforce one another:
human capital creates earning power, business capital creates leverage, and financial capital creates compounding.

Human Capital → “I can do valuable things.”
Business Capital → “What I know can keep producing value.”
Financial Capital → “My accumulated money can produce more money.”

Human capital creates value → Business capital scales value → Financial capital compounds value → Autonomy gives you choice.

TLFA is about moving from earning through labour to earning through increasingly productive forms of capital, through six stages.

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The 6 Stages of TLFA

STAGE 1: LABOUR DEPENDENCE
Income = Hours × Wage