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Low job quality

Redshelf411 — Sun, 31 May 2026 00:53:52 +0800

Putting this out there because I’ve been looking out for new job opportunities in the last 18 months or so. I’m not sure if this is a thing now but from my past observation..

I can see a lot of jobs advertised, they are not good quality jobs. Not good quality in a sense that it’s asking for a lot of requirements, job description needs candidates to do 10 people’s jobs, qualifications asked for IDK sky high qualifications and whatever. But the salary offered? Somewhat higher than fresh grad salary.

Another thing I noticed…is that there has been an increase of customer service roles. What gives? I understand Malaysia is a cheap country to look for hires but there are just too many customer service roles and similar.

I’ve also noticed there are a lot of contract roles too. When I applied in and got the interview I’ve asked them will there be chances of getting absorbed as permanent staff. Most seemed reluctant to say yes. Some others say no but will offer chances to renew contract for another 12-24 months. But if that’s the case the salaries aren’t all that higher as well.

Is this really the current climate of what the Malaysian job market looks like? What solutions are there to this?

Sales staffs desperate for sales?

Redshelf411 — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 08:17:09 +0800

I know this sort of behaviour pops up on a regular basis even some 15-20yrs+ ago. However recently I have experienced sales staffs from some industries being really desperate for sales.

Desperate in a sense that when you tell them up front no you are not interested, they will still spam you with follow up calls to convince you to subscribe / purchase their goods and services.

Bro I am not interested already and have told you the same. So why are you still pestering, spamming, dogging me to get your shit I clearly do not need/want or have 0 uses for?

Few months ago I was surveying hair care and growth products. Sure - left my contact with some of them for member registration purpose and whatever. But there's this one where they continuously spam call me for 3-4 months straight asking if I am interested. When I said no already multiple times they still spam call me to a point I blocked their number. To my massive annoyance they spam called me from one of their personal cell phone numbers. Fuck off man why are you so damn desperate sia? NO MEANS NO SO LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE!

Same with some gym PTs. Said no already and left them on read over WhatsApp. Had a PT where he texted me sounding rather butthurt "lol your silence says a lot". Yeah?? What about it? Not meeting your sales target so you're pouring out your frustration on other people lah is it? Maybe I should screenshot that message and send it to the gym he is attached to and say this is the sort of staff behaviour your staff is displaying.

I am really tempted to name and shame these companies publicly but for legal reasons I shall not.

Time for these sales staff to learn to be better at their jobs or just change jobs/industries where you do not have to fucking meet sales KPI the fuck!

Thoughtless Gifts

Redshelf411 — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 05:21:29 +0800

What is the most thoughtless gift you have ever received from anyone?
What did you do to it? Did you throw it away? Or did you reject the gift up front?

I recently received a gift from an old and long time friend. She gifted me a freebie she got from a store - the kinds where if you buy item X, get item Y for free. She gifted that item Y. As soon as I got home I just threw it away. Not the first time she's done something like this or to anyone else.

Where to find events?

Redshelf411 — Sat, 18 Oct 2025 09:11:26 +0800

As per title reads.

Not sure if this is the right place to ask. If not - mods please delete or move to the right sections tq.

I've been bored lately due to my work. It's like I am married to my job lol. During peak busy seasons - yes I'll be fully committed to my job where during weekends I'd be too tired to go anywhere or do anything. Most busy period weekends I'd use to catch up on sleep and rest, occassionally do chores and whatever. However, during certain periods where I have not much work puts me in underdrive so I have nothing to do. I have come to a point where I realised I have no real hobbies and activities that keeps my mind off boredom and loneliness.

Yes I have been thru this sub to browse on events I think I can join or like to join. But seems like the events aren't really something I liked or am interested in. I don't want to pay for event tickets for fear that I may end up not enjpying the event at all.

Weak in week out my routines are the same - chores, grocery runs, laundry, friend meetups (which is few and far in between recently and it's the same old faces I'm seeing, so I get bored).

I have also downloaded Meet-Up app and EVentbright - so far found a couple of events and socials I thought I liked. Only issue? Its scheduled at a time where its not convenient for me to join - weekdays or very out hours at 10pm+. If its not the timing and scheduled hours, it's the location. Its far from where I stay and I do not have a car in KL / Selangor.

What other things can I do? WHere else can I find events to join?

I am in my early to mid 30s. Most people my age group are already married and settled down with kids already. So our interests are very different now.

Salary: Need Some Insights

Redshelf411 — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 18:42:44 +0800

Every now and then I'd be looking out for new jobs because my current job is making me feel burnt out. Every time I found a job a pplied in, the HR / PIC will call me back to talk about the job. When it comes to discussing the salary range part, for a manager level salary is between rm4500 to rm7000. I thought salary for managers in corporate sectors tend to be higher (no less than rm8000 per month), Anyone working in banking sector willing to share what their salary range is like as a manager?

Feeling burnt out at work

Redshelf411 — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 22:18:23 +0800

Are there any ways to take a break without having to take MC? I know I can apply for AL but it’s hard for it to get approved.

Some of my colleagues purposely catch COVID or try to get hospitalisation leave so they can rest. Not the best practise.

Contact centre jobs

Redshelf411 — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 20:22:13 +0800

Seeking honest opinions because I have thoughts of wanting to go into contact centre jobs. The last contact centre job I had was many years ago some time in the mid 2010s and it was a contract role. It wasn't the hardest job in the world but wasn't the easiest either.

In my current role I am starting to feel stagnant in it so I am looking for something new. So potentially looking into contact centre roles. Some of my friends strongly advised me not to jump to a contact centre job because environment tends to be messy and toxic even.

For anyone who has been in contact centre job before how was your experience?

Claiming back my work

Redshelf411 — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 10:29:15 +0800

I am not sure if this falls under here but may as well be worth a try.

Some years back I was out of a full time job. Between my last full time job and my current job, I was freelancing for several companies and independents as a content writer. Some have contracts in place regarding ownership of the work published on their sites whereas some others are purely based on email/WA exchange agreements.

However, recently I got contacted by a recruiter I applied into. The recruiter told me to recheck the portfolio I've submitted saying there's something amissed and I should look into it. I told her okay I'll have a look.

Turns out there's this company I freelanced for stole all the work I previously did for them - all the work that were previously published under my name are all now published under their name. I tried contacting the PIC I liaised with but was met with silence.

Are there any ways I can reclaim back my work I have done for them in the last few years? It's pretty unfair my work was stolen without me being notified. It's pathetic.

Dilemma with background check

Redshelf411 — Sun, 09 Jul 2023 20:40:00 +0800

Recently I've had an interview with another company. The interview and everything went really well and after a week, their HR's HOD called me saying they are ready to offer me the position with the salary package we've discussed previously. However, there's one issue - the background check is taking a little bit longer than usual due to this one company I joined a few years ago. It's not the O&G company as I've previously mentioned before. That one was pretty cooperative to my relief.

There's this agency that went bankrupted that I worked for years ago, that's why I was one of the staff that got laid off. I have specifically stated in my resume that I left that company because they were bankrupted. So this new company that offered me a position said "As proof we will need you to provide us with any employment letters, EA forms, salary slips, etc., that were in your name from this company." Fair enough, I provide them with the EA form and the salary slips, which I came to realize were stated as "payment vouchers". It's so vague I came to a self-realization that HR may not accept it as official salary slips. They went on to say they will continue to attempt to contact that bankrupted company to verify my tenure with them.

My question now though - what happens if they cannot verify my tenure with this bankrupted company? Will they retract the offer? Even if they cannot reach out to the company, does that mean my time working at this bankrupted company has been a waste? I tried to contact back my ex-boss from that bankrupted company and his responses were either half-assed or he sounded like he gave up.

Need insights on this.

What constitutes quality life in Malaysia?

Redshelf411 — Sun, 12 Mar 2023 17:17:35 +0800

How would you constitute quality life in Malaysia?

Have high income? Have health and wealth?

Curious and let me know though

Remote jobs

Redshelf411 — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 22:06:35 +0800

So I've been working in this call centre job for almost a year now and I am currently looking to apply out. I am applying out because of the rotational shift matter where I couldn't really stand it. Though there are shift allowances, my body seemed to not able to cope working till the early mornings.

My next choice and plan is to apply for a job that's either day shift or one that allows me to WFH. I would prefer working from home or working remotely. However a lot of of WFH jobs either don't pay very well or they are very scarce in existence.

Any other places I can look for remote jobs that's not Indeed, Jora Jobs, or one of those dodgy platforms like freelancer and Upwork?

Changing career at 30yo

Redshelf411 — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 17:03:20 +0800

I'm soon to be 30yo in a few months time. I have been a writer since I've graduated some 6-7 years back. For the last few years that I am doing my job as a writer (from media companies to digital marketing agencies), there's one thing I know for sure: the salaries and income paid are very low. It doesn't help that now I am based in Sarawak, the rates are even lower. I've been to a few interviews with Sarawak companies and most offered between rm1200 to rm1600 per month, and I have to work weekends too.

I'm currently working freelancing as a content writer too and to be frank the rates are even lower. I've charged 5cents per word in the very least and clients told me that rate is still very high.

So I'm currently thinking of changing career paths as seeing that writing jobs are just no longer a very good industry to be in. People make it seem like its a lucrative job to do but it isn't when you are in a country such as Malaysia.

Penny for your thoughts?

Want to surrender insurance

Redshelf411 — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 20:23:02 +0800

As the topic said.

I have this insurance for 1 year already, which I've bought from an old university friend a lil bit more than 1 year ago. A year ago I was able to pay for it because I had a job and whatever. Money wasn't an issue then (and for much of the last 1 year). However, recently I've faced some financial difficulties as I've lost my job and my income from my freelance work is only sufficient to feed me. The very same income I've had from my freelance work is not enough to support an insurance plan too.

I've asked my agent/friend if I can just surrender because, for real, my income is not sufficient. She didn't say no outright, but it was implied I should not surrender this insurance. I know. Insurance agents also cari makan, so even that bit of money from losing 1 policy is no for them. But they never think about if we don't have the money to feed ourselves, why would we use that money to pay for an insurance policy?

I've also asked her if I can just hold premium payments first.. Her reply to me was that if I do (which I can) then I will have to pay back all the o/s premiums.

My question now is that can I just walk in to the branch and just surrender the policy? Because I don't want later I walk in and then the branch execs also try to deter me from surrendering. In the end it becomes something very difficult for me as I feel I'm held against my will in paying for the premiums that I simply cannot afford (and that it's not worth it anymore at this point).

Air con technician and car mechanics

Redshelf411 — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 03:22:37 +0800

How common are women in these roles in Malaysia?

LYN Forum asks me to "update email"

Redshelf411 — Mon, 08 Nov 2021 18:15:28 +0800

Can someone, preferably an admin, help me with this? I've repeatedly tried to change my email but it won't let me... Since that my email is "already in their systems".

Boring book - will you stop reading it?

Redshelf411 — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 22:29:01 +0800

As per titled. If you've bought/borrowed a book that's interesting in the beginning but not later on in the book, will you stop reading it? Or will you continue reading it and finish the book off just for the sake of completing it?

I have this dilemma with some of the books I read though. Like it all started nice and interesting. Then later on in the book its so bland I was bored of it. I used to leave it on incomplete. Some of my friends told me to just finish it anyway even if it still has 50% more to go.

Thoughts?

Leaving out an ex-company on my CV

Redshelf411 — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 23:54:34 +0800

Right...so ever since CNY this year I have been looking for jobs on and off. It's not on an active basis but if there are any job openings I think I can do, I will just submit my CV and referral letters and wish for the best. However, recently the interviews I've had made me looked at this ex-company I used to work for again. Why this particular ex-company is a "company of interest" is because in almost every company I went for an interview with, the hiring managers and bosses will ask about this company. And mind you, a lot of things these hiring managers and bosses say about this company? Almost everything they said about them is nothing good. ANd it doesn't help my cause when they think I am "still in league" with these people. I am not. This is the very same company that sank on its own because before I was laid off, they went bankrupted.

There were many contributing factors that contributes to the company's bankruptcy and I won't go into details here in this post. However, what's bothering me is that these new bosses were very sceptical in hiring me because they think I am still in league with these people. And it frustrates me to no end even though I kept explaining I am no longer in league with this ex company.

So my question is...can I just omit this ex company and make no mention of it? If I can do that, then the next thing that's bothering me is that companies have the power to check who I've worked for before. I am very sure companies have powerful tools to check my background.

I've checked with my ex colleagues from this company. Many said they weren't able to find a new job so they started their own micro business. Only 2 were able to find full time jobs but they are now in West Malaysia.

Has anyone filed a small claims court before?

Redshelf411 — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 04:46:29 +0800

As per the title. And essentially just how effective are they? How long does it take for them to resolve the problem for you? Or is this something that's based on case-to-case basis?

Dealing with gangster parents

Redshelf411 — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 22:31:34 +0800

I'm not sure where to start this but to be honest it's starting to piss me off so much to an extent I feel mentally exhausted.

Back in 2017 I quit my KL job and went back to East Malaysia/Brunei because my parents wanted me to. My parents said to come back to them because they were dealing with some family issues, so wanted me to be near them to help them. So, okay, I quit my KL job at that time, which was a no brainer since it was a contract job. Give 1mth notice and can chow already. But it was my mistake.

When I went back to my parents in EM/Bru, turns out the "family problem" they had was money problems. They have borrowed huge sums of money from various people and have been very slow in paying back these debts. They wanted me to come back so I can find work in EM/Bru and use my money to pay back these debts. They took most, if not all of my savings to pay the money back. They didn't. They wasted it on useless shit they didn't need. I was obv pissed.

I later on found another job in EM that didn't pay very well, less than RM2000. But it pays the bill anyway... To my disappointment, it folded on its own within 1yr of me joining. I found another job that paid slightly better but still not very high (around rm2000+). Folded after 7-8mths.

I still have some savings in my account, which my parents have been wanting to get their hands on. I have changed pin number and my bank account passwords hoping they will never get access to my money.

In short, I am not in the very best relationship with my parents and it has been screwing me up mentally. How do you live like this? My parents have never worked an honest day in their life. They borrowed money from people I don't even know or recall ever seeing. Any thing they have ever talked about is money problems and MORE money problems.

At one point they even went to church and start spreading shit about me, like how I wasn't a good child, never respecting their wishes, etc. The church pastors and deacons stepped in to intervene only to find out about my parents' foggy story. So the pastors stopped and said they will not do as my parents wished.

Now they are pissed and have been mentally fucking me up. Ngl, I've been sleeping at 6am and waking up at 3pm just so I don't need to see my parents' face. They know I am working freelance jobs so I'm still getting some kind of income from there, but not much. Even that bit of money they have been vulturous about it, trying to lay their hands on it.

For many years since 2017 I've been wanting to get out and go far away from my vulturous parents. Are there any solutions to this? Because the more I stay with them, the more I can feel my insanity slipping away. I just want a fucking peace of mind w/o having to see my damned parents and their shitty vulturous ways. I am definitely disappointed in my parents and their shit behaviours, but I am not surprised they are the way they are.

Are there any ways I can fly over to WM/Selangor to find jobs? So I don't have to see my damn parents' faces and deal with their vulturous ways anymore? The longer I stay here I can see and feel my insanity slipping away. Family values be damned I cannot help people who are constantly lying and playing victim.

Great series to watch that's less than 5 seasons

Redshelf411 — Sat, 12 Jun 2021 23:27:03 +0800

As per topic. Just wanna watch a series that doesn't have like several hundreds of seasons. I've watched:

-13 reasons why. S1 was great, the preceding seasons were subpar. Should have stick it to 2 seasons.
-Riverdale. Got bored when I got to S2. Can't even remember where I left off.
-Al-Masih/Messiah. The series got me iffy so no. Still finished it anyway.
-GoT. Disappointing, but have finished the books.
-Titans season 1. Didn't plan on continuing to season 2 since the plot seems very exhausting.
-OUAP. Completed S1 and did part of S2. Couldn't remember where I've left off and I feel the plot gets lost easily.
-Supernatural. Completed s1 and part of s2. Since it has so many remaining seasons (like it's more than 20 seasons lol) I just stopped.
-Merlin. Plot and acting seems ok but the props look very plasticy.

And a number of other series I've seen but just feel like it doesn't quite interest me. So, recommend me some series that has 5 seasons or less. Plus points for series that are:

-psychological thrillers. Preferably one that has little to no blood/gore scene. Just want to watch something that has a lot of mind-fucking and no jump scares.
-chick flicks are fine, I don't mind watching something that's light-hearted.
-fantasy is great too (no witcher pl0x lol)
-wouldn't mind humour/comedy either

TIA love you all <3