{"id":17323,"date":"2015-07-03T11:38:23","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T03:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/?p=17323"},"modified":"2025-04-11T16:42:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T08:42:29","slug":"survey-malaysian-workforce-struggling-to-cope-with-gst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/survey-malaysian-workforce-struggling-to-cope-with-gst","title":{"rendered":"Survey: Malaysian Workforce Struggling To Cope With GST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A survey found about 90% of the Malaysian workforce unable to cope with the additional expenses incurred after the implementation of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/gst-explained\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Goods and Services Tax (GST)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The survey was conducted by Jobstreet.com, a career resources site.<\/p>\n<p>According to Jobstreet, 24% of the survey respondents were already facing problems with their expenses even before the GST kicked in on April 1 this year.<\/p>\n<p>The new consumption tax has significant impact in the daily routines of the respondents, with more than half (56%) minimising going out for lunch with colleagues, and about 47% started packing food from home.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17326\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/jobstreet_gst_survey-image-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17326\" class=\"wp-image-17326 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/jobstreet_gst_survey-image-1-800x726.jpg\" alt=\"GST\" width=\"800\" height=\"726\" srcset=\"\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/jobstreet_gst_survey-image-1-800x726.jpg 800w, \/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/jobstreet_gst_survey-image-1-300x272.jpg 300w, \/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/jobstreet_gst_survey-image-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17326\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Graphic taken from Jobstreet.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cSome have also resorted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/8-ways-shopaholics-can-save-money\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">frugal activities<\/a>, such as utilising their pantries, and carpooling to reduce their expenses,\u201d Jobstreet said.<\/p>\n<p>Among the respondents, only 19% said that GST did not affect their work routine.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the respondents needed additional boost from the employer to help them cope with the 6% GST, such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>76% wanted at least 10% salary hike<\/li>\n<li>63% wanted a petrol allowance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Related: Get a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/credit-card\/petrol-credit-cards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">petrol credit card<\/a> to help you save on petrol expenses.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<div id=\"attachment_17325\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/jobstreet_gst_survey-image-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17325\" class=\"wp-image-17325 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/jobstreet_gst_survey-image-2-800x635.jpg\" alt=\"GST\" width=\"800\" height=\"635\" srcset=\"\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/jobstreet_gst_survey-image-2-800x635.jpg 800w, \/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/jobstreet_gst_survey-image-2-300x238.jpg 300w, \/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/jobstreet_gst_survey-image-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17325\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Graphic taken from Jobstreet.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>According to the survey, companies are also pressured with 41% of companies receiving increased demands in wages since GST.<\/p>\n<p>However, only 19% of the companies had offered salary increments. This could be the reason why about 35% of the respondents are considering changing jobs to cope with GST.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeeing that salaries are a top priority for most people, Jobstreet.com has introduced a Salary Matching feature that matches candidates to the salaries that they want,&#8221; Jobstreet&#8217;s country manager Chook Yuh Yng said.<\/p>\n<p>The survey saw participation from a total of 1,454 employees and 490 employers.<\/p>\n<p><em>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.themalaysianinsider.com\/malaysia\/article\/majority-of-malaysian-workforce-cant-cope-with-gst-survey-finds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Source<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A survey found about 90% of the Malaysian workforce unable to cope with the additional expenses incurred after the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax 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