A couple of days ago I was having a job interview with a few young chaps looking for employment as non-clerical staff in our company. Two of them were employed as contract staff for Jabatan Perangkaan and they were looking for permanent employment for better job security realizing that Jabatan Perangkaan may not have the budget to continue employing them . These are decent people, after a short while of familiarization chats, they spoke up freely and I could see their desire to earn a better living in order to provide more comfort for their families.
One of the chap indicated that his ambition is to be a police officer and he had in fact tried 7 times for the pre-recruitment tests but failed all, and he would try again in the next recruitment exercise. I asked him why he failed in the tests, seeing he is quite fit physically and showing good discipline. He mentioned that it could be his height that failed him, saying it somewhat disappointedly. I like this chap and thought of giving him the job but alas he was quick to reject the offer once he knew that we offered him the pay about similar to what he is getting from Jabatan Perangkaan.
As living expenses are going higher and higher by days, many young people are constantly looking for jobs that offer higher pay in order to stay afloat in a very competitive world nowadays. That’s just normal. I lost two good staff over last year due to the same reason. They would rather choose to work in the factory as if they work harder, can earn up quite a fair bit of overtime whereas those staff in the plantation companies like ours are getting a sickening increment year after year restrained by the collective agreement. Even my younger brother, a new graduate chose to work far a way in Pakistan despite the security issues over there. Not that he can't get an employment here but all is because of money.
It is good to learn that a new pay scheme has been approved by the Public Service Department and the policemen from the rank of Sergeants and above will get a significant pay rise and also higher allowances. The pay revision is timely as our neighboring Singapore already offers a much higher pay scheme to their public servants in order to curb corruptions. With a higher pay scheme, naturally the public will expect a more efficient service and no corruption from the police force.
I hope the young chap who failed 7 times in his recruitment test will succeed this time as just a few days ago I saw the recruitment advertisement for Policeman on the newspaper.
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