Starting salary of Pegawai Sains in Malaysia

I'd worked as a Pegawai Sains (Kimia Hayat), Scientific Officer (Life Chemistry) literally with a starting salary (including allowances) of RM2782.97 per month. I'd seen quite a number of Scientific Officers who have just graduated from local government-sponsored universities recently. They are between 22 to 24 years old. Interestingly, mostly graduated from National University of Malaysia (UKM).

Compared my salary to a medical officer (doctor), it's roughly RM1200 less. But my job is not a 24/7 work. It's 8 to 5, Monday to Friday, mostly paperwork and almost zero stress.

Every year the Scientific Officer is given an increment of roughly RM100 a year. By the time these Officers reach 30 years old, one can easily take back home RM3500. Assuming an Officer is promoted to higher grade, C44, the salary increment can be as high as RM1000 per month.

I'm probably the oldest Scientific Officer working for the government with a fresh graduate pay in Malaysia. Sadly, the work culture in our nation is, to my opinion, unacceptable. There is too much NATO (No Action, TAlk Only) in any government offices in this Bolehland.

My job is to make sure every single blood tests done in the hospital conforms to international standard. When doctors look at the blood tests results, they can be assured that all efforts are made to churn out such quality performance.

However, there are other categories of Scientific Officer in Malaysia such as Microbiology, Physics, Genetics, Embryology and Zoology. Of which the starting pay is more or less the same as mentioned above.