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The More We Spend The Higher Rate of Return On Investment Needed [ September 2nd, 2010 ] | 84 views | Leave a Comment

I believe that those who are ‘thrify‘ will grow wealthy, and those who are ‘spendthrifts‘ will become poor. During my school time, i already have a game of adhering to my budget in which saving 50 cents out of my pocket money. As i known, the discipline of being able to control our spending and save consistently would make us success in the later stage.

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For those who are from top management level who earn more than RM10k per month does not necessary that they can live wealthy. Let’s take an example, the managing director of a multinational corporation, who was earning RM120k per year. Given his hefty income, we expected him to have great substancial amount of money over the years, right? However, sometimes we may found that quite a great number of them whose total assets actually is less than RM500k while the net worth is less than RM200k. Plus, more than 70% of his net worth was from EPF savings.

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How to Calculate a Salary Increase?

I am wondering what’s your salary increment and bonus like? In my opinion, salary increment can be range in between 5-30% depending on your job performance while bonus commonly can be range in between 1-6 months. Is that true?

What about the benefits of your company? What are the working hours and workload like? For my company, I can get education allowance, medical allowances up to RM400 per financial year, and personal insurance claim.

About My Salary Increment From Year 2006 to 2010
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As we known, Malaysia’s inflation rate hit was a bout 7-8%. It’s almost high mostly due to the increase in petrol price. If your salary does not increase by at least 8%, then you aren’t really getting an increase in income. Am I right?

This is the way to calculate a percentage of pay increase:

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June 28th, 2010 | Posted in » Finance Tips | 2 Comments | 1,956 views

Counter Offer During Job Confirmation?

Getting a job confirmation is an exciting experience but be careful not to sign your confirmation letter quickly without looking into all the important points. This is because there are terms and condition applied for your job confirmation, you have to check whether you will be subject to any salary increment as a confirmed employee? Will your job role and responsibility remain the same? What are the extra benefits you will enjoy as a confirmed employee?

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For me, I have to give 3 months notice of resignation. It’s a way too long but if you are planning to stay longer at your current company then it should not be an issue. However, you still need to do counter offer during job confirmation. This is because it’s imperative to know that some employers would not wait until 3 months before a new employee joins. So, you need to think twice before making any decision.

If you very satisfy with your job and position then you can try to bargain more in order to suit your current needs. Besides, you need to do some salary survey and research to make sure that you will not underpaid. For me, I have fully prepared with the next move and planning to show something or offer to my company, which will bring more benefits to it.

My Sample of Job Confirmation Counter Proposal Letter

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November 22nd, 2009 | Posted in » Finance Tips | 2 Comments | 3,318 views