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Rousseau Redhawk · Joined: 21 Aug 2012 Posts: 19

I have been corresponding with APU for weeks now, and been scheduled for a Skype interview, but they have been extremely cagey about how much they pay. The application form even asks YOU what salary you expect!

It's hard to get current information on what a good salary in Malaysia is, I've found. I have a B.A. in English Literature, a Masters of Education, Pathwise Mentor Certification, and have taught ESL in Arabia, Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand, as well as being licensed and certified in American schools for Language Arts.

Does anybody know what the Malaysians in general, and Asian Pacific in particular, pay their teachers? (I see an ad that the M.O.E. project is paying 7000-9000, but I don't want to teach elementary school....)

Thanks!

spiffing · Joined: 04 Feb 2012 Posts: 4

Ten thousand. Less than eight thousand: forget it. The 'cagey' behavior must be warning enough.

Rousseau Redhawk · Joined: 21 Aug 2012 Posts: 19

Yes, it's something I have never liked in a posting. The salary could be high, it could be low; but it's the one thing you don't want sprung on you after you've invested time and energy filling out forms and building expectations!

The only think I dislike more than "competitive salary", is "what salary do you expect" on a long application form....

Part of the problem, though, for me is that although I've lived in Thailand, it's hard to know what's a break-even salary in Kuala Lumpur, and what's actually good money.

gloomyGumi · Joined: 29 Dec 2010 Posts: 300

now ı feel lıke an ıdıot acceptıng 4000 rınggıts + 1000 monthly housıng allowance

Rousseau Redhawk · Joined: 21 Aug 2012 Posts: 19

Yes, Gumi, from what I understand, 5000 is the least you CAN be offered legally for the working visa -- but Malaysia is new ground for me, and I keep hoping a Brit or two (for they seem to have worked this territory before
#;- ) will continue to talk about it....

KayuJati · Joined: 21 Feb 2010 Posts: 281

gloomyGumi · Joined: 29 Dec 2010 Posts: 300

got the Letter from Malaysia Immı and need to brıng ıt to a Malaysia Embassy here ın Turkey to get ıt processed and then thats all she wrote.

WE had to send proof of our resıdence here ınTurkey as ANOTHER NEVER-ENDING requırement as thıs has now PASSED 1 YEAR OF TOTAL PROCESSING TIME.

So looks lıke thıs wıll be done as soon as we fınd the nearest Malaysıa Embassy here ın Turkey.

After that ıts just bookıng the tıx to KL.

But yea the POE I sıgned months back now saıd 4000 rınggıt plus 1000 housıng. DOES THAT SUCK THEN? ARE WE SCREWED? NEED TO KNOW!

Tiger Beer · Joined: 08 Feb 2003 Posts: 754 Location: Osaka, Japan

sushikurva · Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 52 Location: out n' about

5000 per month in KL isn't going to get you far... you won't starve, but you won't save any money either.

I spend around that or a bit more per month for myself and the missus for food and rent/bills and going out (cinema once a week, restaurants a couple of times a week, nothing extravagant, the occasional bottle of wine, no bars...)

You'll also have to pay tax out of that salary, which as far as I know, won't be much over the long term, but for the first six months could be 26% of your salary.

Why not back out and find something else?

BlueMango · Joined: 09 Apr 2013 Posts: 15

I heard that University of Nottingham are paying their EAP teachers between 5 and 6k per month. Not really enough to get excited about.