----- Original Message ----- From: "jati utomo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Sipil Undip 93" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 13:37 Subject: [sipil 93 milis] New grads get caught out by low Jakarta salaries
> > The Jakarta Post > Wednesday, July 13, 2005 > > New grads get caught out by low Jakarta salaries > > Zakki P. Hakim, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta > > Dewi was among the top graduates from Gadjah Mada > University, Indonesia's > most prestigious located in Yogyakarta. > > With her fluent English, almost perfect straight-A > grades from the Faculty > of > Economics, and an outstanding extra-curricular record, > it took her virtually > > no time > to get a "managerial level" job in one of the big five > consulting and > accounting firms > in Jakarta. > > However, she quickly realized that she had made a > mistake in accepting the > basic monthly salary of Rp 1.5 million (US$154), a > figure she later said was > > simply insufficient to cover her living costs in > Jakarta. > > Because she had lived in Yogyakarta all her life, she > initially thought that > > the offered salary was adequate. Fortunately, she > plucked up the courage to > go > back to her employer and tell him the problem. > > "I presented my projected costs of living in Jakarta, > which included meals, > house rent and transportation. And I told him, how can > I focus on doing my > job > here, if all I can think about are ways of getting > additional income to > cover > my living costs," she told The Jakarta Post. > > Her boss accepted the argument and raised her monthly > basic salary to Rp 2.5 > > million, plus other benefits such as healthcare > allowances and insurance. > This > story took place in 2000. > > Dewi's story is a typical of what top fresh graduates > from cities outside of > > Jakarta experience when they come here to work. > > A recent survey by New York-based consulting firm > Mercer Human Resource > Consulting provides an explanation about why > Yogyakarta graduates coming to > work in Jakarta or other big cities experience such > confusion. > > According to the survey, living costs in Yogyakarta > are the lowest among the > > 22 cities in 19 provinces surveyed last April, while > Jakarta is the fourth > most expensive city after Jayapura, Batam and > Balikpapan. > > Mercer Indonesia's performance, measurement and > rewards business leader Luky > > Suardi said that Jakarta was used as the comparative > benchmark with an index > > of 100. On this scale, Jayapura's score is 104 while > Yogyakarta's is 82, > meaning that living costs in Yogyakarta are about 82 > percent of Jakarta's. > > Luky explained that living costs were measured by > surveying 150 goods and > services, including such things as rice, cigarettes, > consumer electronics, > clothing, domestic helpers, utilities, commuting > costs, sports and leisure. > > According to the survey, factors that determine the > cost discrepancy between > > cities were all related to transportation and > distribution problems. The > more > access a city has to goods -- especially food -- and > services, the lower its > > cost of living would became. > > Bandung, for example, took 17th position because it > was surrounded by food > producing areas and thus enjoys less expensive food > prices compared to other > > cities. In addition, the city was not too big meaning > commuting to work was > also > less expensive. > > Conversely, Jayapura had the highest living costs > because of its geographic > remoteness from sources of goods and services. > > In addition to the Indonesian survey, Mercer also > compared living costs in > cities globally, where Jakarta took the 71st place, > way above Kuala Lumpur, > Bangkok and Manila that were ranked 117th, 125th and > 143rd respectively. > > Jakarta's position this year represents a drop from > the previous year's > position of 45. Luky explained that Jakarta's cost of > living dropped due to > the > weakening rupiah. > > The global survey by Mercer covers 144 cities and is > based on consumption > behavior of expatriates. Topping the list were Tokyo, > followed by Osaka, > London, > Moscow and Seoul, while New York was ranked 13th. > > Luky explained that the survey aimed at assisting > companies in setting fair > compensation packages for their expatriated employees. > > > However, the survey on living costs in Indonesian > cities should also be > useful for Indonesian job seekers in bargaining for > fair remuneration. > > But not for Dewi. She has now married, had a child, > given up her career and > lives with her family in the United States. Her > husband and Dewi could now > use > the global survey instead. > > City ranking based on cost of living, 2005 1. Jayapura > 12. Semarang 2. Batam > > 13. Padang 3. Balikpapan 14. Makassar 4. Jakarta 15. > Palembang 5. Medan 16. > Pekanbaru 6. Banjarmasin 17. Bandung 7. Bogor 18. > Denpasar 8. Manado 19. > Mataram > 9. Surabaya 20. Cilegon 10. Tangerang 21. > Bandarlampung 11. 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