Friday Blues

You know how every Monday we come to work feeling very moody and such?

I am feeling it this morning.

I got into my car, pop in a Jay Chow CD, and start playing those emo songs, went up to the office and straight away blog about it. I dread today, is probably due to yesterday's issue about the warning letter.

I feel like quiting, pack my bags and go to Singapore (I am starting to like Singapore) to start a career. I mean Malaysian designers don't get a good pay. I did a small market survey that day, researching on the average pay a Malaysian company would offer a designer. Guess what? The statistics shows that a lowest pay for a full time designer is RM800 and the highest on a senior level is only RM3500. That's what a 1st salary a fresh engineer graduates gets. OMG! We are under paid.

All the stress put upon our shoulders, and the amount of unclaimable OTs we put into doing our work. The least being appreciated, and the frequent cutting cost on our projects. How to survive this industry in Malaysia? Compared to other countries outside Malaysia, most designers are paid bucket loads. And the designs they generate are simply superb. I mean they have all the source of income to do so. We hardly can survive in this industry, and still the value of everything else is increasing. We might as well pack our bags and leave. Sigh!!!

But still the passion of a creative person burns inside me, keeping me so long in this industry. We can make a difference. Let's just hope the world sees it soon.

Is Friday is Friday... Friday blues...