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SG vs KL vs NZ

HappyA_Q — Sat, 28 Sep 2024 05:15:15 +0800

Thank you to all ktards who have been providing advise in previous vote.
Now all the offers have officially come in, which I need to make a decision in this week.
Appreciate everyone's support on this journey.

Here's the brief background and approximate figure for easier ref.

SG:
IC role (Regional Manager title)
$150k base + $40k comms = $190k
Technology industry A: growing rapidly US company
Concerns: high cost of living, can't afford to bring family of 4 to live here with this income.
Partner income: 0

KL:
Team lead (Dept Head title)
RM360k base + RM150k comms = RM510k
Technology industry A: growing rapidly US company
Opportunity: climb up corp ladder, tax rate is 15% due to talentcorp
Concerns: leading 6-8 team members (20s, 30s), suspecting OT culture
Partner income: 0

NZ:
IC role (Director title)
$190k base + $40k comms = $230k
Technology industry B: stable growth US company
Opportunity: supporting NZ (80%) and possible other APAC (20%), great title
Concerns: NZ economy is not stable, suspect will last another few years
Partner income: $80k base, no comms

I just turned 40 and this can be my last 10-15 prime years before retirement.
Also please note that family and I are now in NZ.

Thank you for your vote!

SG or KL?

HappyA_Q — Sat, 14 Sep 2024 19:14:40 +0800

As per subject, which one you suggest to go for?

Monthly pay
SG with SG$13k (total package SG$200k including allowance and bonus)
KL with MYR30k (total package MYR500k including allowance and bonus)

Career wise
SG: individual contributor, report to regional head. About US$1b US company, stable but products seem to becoming commodity. Team members located globally working remotely. Mid-high pressure
KL: people manager, report to country manager. Company in growth mode. Billion dollar bigger US company but regional office in China, might have some Chinese OT culture. Their stocks have double over the past 5 years. Most likely high pressure

Please consider tax as well, and appreciate analysis.

Next move in life?

HappyA_Q — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 11:59:51 +0800

Some background:

Previously I have posted about being bored in 30s/40s.

I have been with the new company since late last year. Global and local economy is not in a positive stage. Both government and private sectors are having retrenchment, many of my customers (middle management) are either retrenched or changed roles/companies, projects are either cancelled or postponed.
Based on pipelines, there is no way that I can meet my sales target this year and expecting restructuring soon.

Now I am evaluating my options:
1) Hunt for my next role
2) Look into venturing my own self-employment
3) Look into full-time investment

Currently I have 9-12 months of savings to live in NZ. However, if moved back to Msia can stretch longer as living cost is lower in comparison.
If required more income, I will put my asset in the market.

Now question is where should I go from here, I am asking myself this question.
I know that the answer is with me, somehow I am typing it here as a way to vent it out.
Family is all good to move back together.

I am keen on going on Option 2 and/or 3, I believe I have slowly lost the passion to work for others. Seems that I have been depending on employers providing me a stable income all these years and at the same time, I have also gained work experiences and confidence as well.

What to do with 1million cash?

HappyA_Q — Sun, 06 Aug 2023 13:16:07 +0800

If you have 1million cash in bank account, what are you going to do?

Bored at work after 30/40s

HappyA_Q — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 06:12:51 +0800

Anyone here feel bored working after 30s/40s?
Not that excited or passionate after working for over 15+ years.
Not the same as back in the 20s where everything seems fresh and new, and earning money is exciting.

At the same time, blessed that I still have a job given that there's a lot of retrenchment out there.

So question here is how do you guys keep yourself passionate, keen and all excited?
Do you set yourself a further goal? What goals do you set?
Have you thought about starting own business instead?

**** Updates****
I have taken up company's redundancy package and have gone to interviews with 5 companies.
Blessed enough, 3 companies offered me and managed to negotiate a good package compare to previous company.

I have now joined the company for a few weeks now. Somehow, I feel a bit lost still.

Any suggestions, appreciate them thank you

Australia or Malaysia Job

HappyA_Q — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 09:24:14 +0800

Would you go for AUD180k(OTE) job in Melbourne or RM700k (OTE) in KL? Australia's job is 70:30 ratio, whereas Malaysia's 60:40 ratio.

Both are sales role in IT industry.

Moving back to Malaysia?

HappyA_Q — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 07:02:59 +0800

***Updates***
After so many years, I am back to the thread.

Quick updates: REP approved, received job offer with total package which is really comfortable to live in Msia but of course the role is demanding too. Also have to re-adjust life with traffic jam, weather, fast moving lifestyle etc.

Gonna move back first by myself for a few months before relocating my whole family back. Will stay in Malaysia a few years and enrolled my kids into private or international schools. We will see in a few years later where kids want to study, then will send them back to nz or aus for college or university as can pay domestic fees. That's if they want to study there, if not, study in Malaysia or elsewhere is good, just depends on what they want.

************

Hi forumers,

It has been really a long time since I last posted in this forum. This has always been a good platform for us to share information, which I appreciated a lot.

Now, after working for many years regionally and living overseas, and have stayed in NZ for close to 10 years now, I am considering to move back to Malaysia with my family next year.

I have a few questions which I hope forumers can help to answer:-
1) How's the job market in KL? I am in the IT industry, with an engineering degree, with experiences from engineering, marketing, sales and business developments. Have had quite good experiences with a couple of MNCs and proven track records under my belt.
With Covid-19 now, I believe the market is quite fragile and lots of unemployment which is the same as everywhere in the world.

2) How are the school education? I have read and heard from many mates that most children nowadays are sent to private schools as public schools system are getting worse? I don't understand the part where public school is not good.
Appreciate answers from forumers whom have children in school~ :-)

3) How are the safety and crime rates in KL? How's the traffic situation?
10 years ago, it took me 1-1.5 hour just to drive from Cheras Leisure Mall to KLCC, and this is only about 10km drive.
Not sure if this changes much after so many years of road constructions, MRT/LRT built.
Safety wasn't great back then either, friends will tell me about their family/friends being daylight robbed by snatch thieves.
Lots of fraud cases, phone scams trying to cheat elderly's hard earned savings.

4) Anything else that you would like to share about Malaysia/KL that you deemed I should know about?

Understood many forumers would be asking why go back to Malaysia? There will be mixed opinions of overseas better, pay is higher, fair systems etc., and politics questions might popped up. There are just something that can't be replaced in life, called family.

Appreciate heaps for the support~

Returning Expert Program (REP)

HappyA_Q — Tue, 07 May 2019 10:06:48 +0800

Hi forumers,

Just catching up if anyone here has applied for REP and has returned to Malaysia for good?
If yes, appreciate if you can share your experiences here.

Working in NZ

HappyA_Q — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 13:07:01 +0800

Hey there, any forumers currently working in New Zealand.
Let's come in and network! :-)

My self-introduction:-
Current City: Auckland
Industry: ICT
Age: 30s
Working here since: Aug '12
What's positive about here: Nice weather(Low 10C, High <28C in AKL) , friendly people, low crime rate, affordable cars (petrol is ~NZ$2.10 per litre)
What's negative about here: Far from KL, harder to secure job here (compared with KL), do not have 24x7 mamak stalls

WTA-How to get Corner lot houses during launch?

HappyA_Q — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 01:03:06 +0800

How did you guys manage to get corner lots these days?
Most of the property launch is via ballot. It's really based on luck in such case.

Any other methods other than buying subsales?

Job Offer Dilemma

HappyA_Q — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 23:09:52 +0800

Right before I tendered my resignation, my supervisor has offered me an opportunity I have been waiting for 6-9 months. An opportunity to relocate to another country and a challenging job that I have demanded before.

Now, the problem is this....
1) I have verbally promised the hiring manager of the new company that I am going to join them.
But subject to having the offer letter and so on (yes, the offer already negotiated), before I resigned from my current job.

2) My supervisor has promised to relocate me some 4-5 months ago, however, it didn't come true.
Now, he is mentioning about relocating me again (which this time, the higher management also verbally mentioned during management meeting).

So, I am in a dilemma now.
Should I hop to the new company or should I proceed with pushing management/HR with providing me more details on the relocation package before deciding?

It's a bit irresponsible if I keep the new company waiting. So, I have wanted to get things to a conclusion asap.
What do you guys suggest me to do? dreamer101, your opinion is highly appreciated here~

When will you consider leaving job?

HappyA_Q — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:25:47 +0800

Year 2011 is ending soon and year 2012 is coming.
Most of us either have received contractual bonus this month or are already hunting for new jobs.

So, what's your objective behind changing jobs?
And when you change job, would you consider a different industry or stick with same industry and similar job role?

<WTS> Sweet Cherry Baby Cot & Accessories

HappyA_Q — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:30:18 +0800

Hi forumers,

I have got the following for sale:-

1) SC619 BabyCot 28in x 52in (white color) --- RM469.00
2) SC566 Fiber Mattress --- RM169.00
3) SC223 Mosquito Net Stand --- RM36.90
4) SC247 Mosquito Net --- RM69.90

All these for RM699 instead of RM744.80.

Further MARKDOWN!! RM650!!! MUST SELL!

Delivery in Klang Valley area.
Please PM me if interested.

Actual Product picture
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Product specifications as follows:-
http://sweetcherry.com.my/products_SC621.php

Where to find Mamex Gold HA?

HappyA_Q — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:14:43 +0800

Hey guys/gals,

Need some help right here.

My 2 week-old son was previously having Mamex Gold HA (due to both my wife and myself are allergic to seafood..). So, to be safe, we have chosen HA milk (not sure right decision or not).

Well, this is what happened.

After 10 days of feeding him with Mamex Gold HA as top up and also breastmilk, we are trying to give him Enfalac Step 1 (0-12M), however, he's vomitting some of the milk out, i.e. vomitting 20-30% milk drank.

So, now, after consulting with the nurses at my paediatrician, it's advisable to continue with Mamex Gold HA for another 1-2 months before trying to change.

Now, I'm currently trying to look for Mamex Gold HA and it's so difficult to find them in KL area.

1) Could you guys please advice where to find Mamex Gold HA in Cheras KL area?
2) Is it really advisable to change milk from HA to normal milk after 1-2 months+? Experienced mums and dads please share experiences~~ appreciate it very much!

Thank you very much!

[addedon]October 18, 2011, 3:59 pm[/addedon]Issue solved!
Went back to Gleneagles KL to buy them.

When should one change a job?

HappyA_Q — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:57:49 +0800

Recently I bumped into this question, when should one actually change a job?
What do you think? $$$ is the priority? Or passion towards a job? Or freedom in job? Career growth??

30 year-old Semi-d

HappyA_Q — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 21:37:05 +0800

Hi forumers, I'm currently looking at a 30 year old semi-d around taman taynton cheras area. The owner is asking for 1.2 million, however, I have asked only PB for the price valuation and they could only value it at 1 million.
The house comes with wardrobes and extended kitchen and cabinets.

My question is how could I possibly get higher valuation for this house? Hopefully forumers can give valuable advice.

Move forward or leave

HappyA_Q — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 13:24:34 +0800

If you are offered a 40% jump on your existing pay, will you leave or not leave?

Consideration:-
1) Current company (A), future company (B)
A is a growing company, B is losing market shares in Malaysia

2) A gives good bonuses of 3 months, lots of travel opportunities, but a bit too much at times, >50%.
B also required traveling, 1 week per month, no allowances. A provides allowances

3) I've been doing A-related workscope for around 5-6 years, B is new to me.
A's job gives a lot of flexibility and workarounds and basically go out of office.
B requires one to sit in office and seldom meets customers.

4) A's basic pay + bonuses = B's basic pay

What's more, I've signed contract with B, and A kept on giving me different work options.
Not good to change my mind and not going to B, right?

What do you think?

Development at Melawati by Sime Darby

HappyA_Q — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 13:17:54 +0800

Hey forumers,

I've drove by MRR2 ths other day and saw that Sime Darby has put on a signboard on the development of Melawati.
It's like 1km away from 3Residen (which is under construction).

Anyone has news on this? Please share~

How much is the take home pay after tax?

HappyA_Q — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 11:12:46 +0800

Hey forumers,

Just want to check with any of the experts here how to calculate the take home pay.

Basic Pay: RM10,000
11% EPF deduction: RM1,100
Monthly tax deduction: ??

Yes, I know it's roughly high 7k+ to 8k. But I would like to know what is the exact amount.

Any si-fu know how to calculate this?

Kemuning Utama Bayu for Sale

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 07:30:00 +0800