AN engineer has taken to Facebook to highlight the plight of the youth today whose salary increment does not correlate with inflation levels.
Ir Abdul Rahman Bahasa said he overheard a pensioner at an eatery who criticized fresh grads for complaining about not being able to make end meet, although they are getting paid RM3000.
The pensioner had purportedly said: “I’m amazed at these young children nowadays, their salary is already RM3000 yet they complain. Back in the 80’s, I had a salary of RM1500 only, I lived too.
“I managed to buy a terrace house, use a Honda car and also eat at McDonalds.”
“Children nowadays or so spoilt!” the pensioner had allegedly said.
This irked Abdul prompting him to do some research and calculations of his own.
Abdul calculated:
In the 1980s
Salary: RM1,500 per month
One-storey terrace house: RM25,000 (outside of Kuala Lumpur)
Honda Civic: RM13,000
McDonald’s Double cheeseburger: RM2.95
In 2020
Salary: RM3,000 per month
Single storey terrace house: RM280,000 (outside of Kuala Lumpur)
Honda Civic: RM108,000
McDonald’s Double cheeseburger: RM9.45
He also presented how costs have multiplied over time, while salaries have only doubled:
Salary: Increased by 2x
Single storey terrace house: Increased by 11x
Honda Civic: Increased by 8.3x
McDonald’s Double cheeseburger: Increased by 3.2x
Facebook users flooded the comment section to show support for Abdul’s post, which has garnered over 9,400 shares on the social platform.
