Thursday, September 10, 2009

Why there is big salary gap between manager and junior officer in Malaysia?

The real main reason why manager salary is significantly different is because they are able to lead and push junior officer to growth.

In Malaysia majority of the junior officer are not up to the par. Their understanding on responsibility is only day-to-day task and does not focus on process improvement.

In first world country junior officer are very matured and they are able to think. They are able to identify problem and resolve the issue by engaging the team to brainstorm the solution.

But manager need to be careful not all-junior office are lacking in this skill, they need to identify them and growth quickly. Otherwise this employee will leave Malaysia to oversea, this is why Malaysia is having many brain drain.

My advice is for junior officer to come up of their comfort zone and take the lead in a problem-solving phase. It is ok to make a mistake and learn from it rather then sitting on the issue and doing nothing.

1 comment:

Sri said...

There are also other reasons as to why 'salary gap' happen between manager vs junior officer...
1. Leaders are nt about leading but to be an "EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP" - adapting your behaviour to the performance needs of the individual or group"
2. Readiness of Junior Exec - the degrees of demonstrated ability and
willingness to accept, own and perform a specific task or activity
3. Years of experience - this is where most managers will earn a high salary and create gap between junior and middle officer...