Have you got your pay rise?

Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) did a survey on Salary, Benefits and Employment Conditions Survey 2007 for manufacturing sectors. Some stats are available as below:

1	Average an increase of 0.3% in increments for manufacturing sector.
2	64.8% of the respondents would be getting an average of 5.92% increments.
3	88% of manufacturing companies surveyed, gave increments averaging:
		a. 5.62% to executives and 5.52% to non-executives in 2007
		b. 6.08% to executives and 5.92% to non-executives in 2006
4	Higher recruitment last year:
		a. 117 companies recruited 1,454 executives and
		b. 137 companies hired 15,685 non-executives.
5	Top three industry sub-sectors in recruitment were:
		a. electrical and electronic,
		b. plastics, and
		c. medical precision and optical instruments
6	Skills shortages were highest in:
		a. mechanical skill,
		b. quality control and
		c. machinist

Pay Rise...... :-)