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Basic or allowance.. worth to accept the offer?

iStevei — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:52:33 +0800

Age : 28
Education: Mechanical Deg
Company : local
Job Title : Service Engineer
Industry: Manufacturing/Production
Years spent in company : 2 years
Experience before joining : NIL (not related exp)
Salary: RM 3200
Bonus: 2 months

Being offer...
Company : MNC
Job Title : Service Engineer
Industry: Manufacturing/Production
Years spent in company : N/A
Experience before joining : 2years
Salary: RM 3000 + RM200 allowance
Bonus: <1 months
2 mths oversea training and bond for 2 years
Ya i know basic is lower than previous company but travel 90% most of the time.. earn from traveling allowance.
Previous company not much traveling and claim is lesser.

Should i take the offer? Got 2 weeks to consider
is it all the service engineer basic is very low? as to compensate for the high allowance?

Is there such law after resignation

iStevei — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:46:27 +0800

Is there such law that we can not work with competitor for N years after resignation.
Previously they told us, only direct competitor.
But recently, i heard they change the rule to cant work in the same field??

Any ppl facing such situation before?
Pls advise

Dilemma - Between company A & B

iStevei — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 12:27:57 +0800

Company A
Basic: RM2700 (chance of going oversea very high)
If din go, will be at factory. Very routine work.
Annual leave = 12 days

Company B
Basic: RM2100
Petrol+maintenance: RM490 (covering Melaka and Muar) if travel over 40km, petrol allowance RM0.2/km -.-''
Phone: RM80
On site allowance: RM500 (will remove probably after 6 mths and replace with commission)
1st year no leave, 2nd leave = 8 days

Company B seem like higher salary but if include petrol and maintenance expenses will it be worth it?

Both same field. Which is better?
Pls advise.
Thanks.

Anyone work before in Industrial Automation (M)

iStevei — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 10:50:58 +0800

Could those work there before share their experience in that company? or those dealing with it.

Thanks.

service or sales engineer

iStevei — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 13:05:32 +0800

i had been working as service engineer for 7-8 mths now. But most of the time, i was in house doing calibration and align machine. Bored of doing repetitive work again and again. (cos its a standard machine)
Recently a company called me up for interview for sales engineer which i applied 1 yr ago
But heard some bad remark on that company. Should i still go for the interview?
btw, i'm the type of person that prefer to travel and not base in 1 location

Or should i stay there for at least 1-2 yrs b4 thinking of job switching?