I got offer for 1 year contract @ 2.3k/month with some
MNC...
My uni cert is honors but in some lame field, unrelated to this
position.
When negotiating, I actually quoted around 2.3k so I am quite
happy actually.
But, i'm a noob. I don't have work experience yet and want to
hear insights from you all. Do you think my offer is actually quite
crappy, maybe tio cheated by HR, or you think quite reasonable?
Will it be a marketable job experience when my contract end, or
will 2.3k sabo me so I cannot break 3k for long?
Usually when your peers start working, they don't mind sharing
their start pay with each other because they want to check out the
market rate. It is only when you work more than 5 years, people
start to be more secretive of their pay because everybody branch
out into different pay rates due to company doing better, promotion
and better performance. So you may want to ask your peers in the
same line what is their start pay. Get an average or mean salary.
Don't try to compare to the one who earn the highest. Let say A
earns 3k, B earns 2.5k and C earns 2.1k then the average is
2.53k.
Secondly, pay is not the most important thing. Question you
should ask is the following:
1) Is MNC very reputable company? Is company doing well?
2) What is their work culture like? Are the colleagues
friendly?
3) Work fits you? Too stress? You like stressful and challenging
job?
4) Increments and bonus? Is company performing well to be giving
you increment. What is the industrial increment and bonus?
5) Find out from peers how your future boss is like? Is he or
she autocratic or the free and easy type?
6) How much leave do you get?
7) Other fringe benefits? Insurance? Mobile phone? Company car?
Finance your part time education?
8) Location - is the work place too far from where you live. Do
you drive? Are you required to travel a lot in the course of your
work (If so, do you like to travel?)
9) Nature of work - do you like the nature of work? Do you want
to pursue a career in this line of work? Do you think you can
progress far and get promotion somewhere in the future?
