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This is my first post. Being a regular visitor to my fellow engineer, Wata’s blog, I find the IEM Executive Director (another title hungry engineer) implying that he should hand over a place to grumble and ramble back to IEM.
This shows that IEM and BEM is always always trying to limit people in their progress.
Over the last decade, what have BEM and IEM done for the country, apart from awarding “Ir” title? (Remind me of IR Baboon and IM Weasel from the cartoon).
The brain drain in Malaysia is still going on, with advertisement to work oversea appearing in newspaper throughout. Just to make things worst, expatriate engineers are paid more than USD600 – USD800 per day working in Malaysia (oil and gas), without having train Malaysian engineers.
Can someone even tell me how many percentage of engineers are members? I still remember a newspaper article that says a lot of Malaysian Engineers did not bother paying fees for BEM and was threaten to be deregistered. Why is that?
I guess even Jabba, running a saltmine in Tattoine is more active in making sure the welfare of my slaves are being looked after.
I want to use this as a launchpad for underground brotherhood for engineers in Malaysia, and one day, kick IEM and BEM into limbo. (especially all the tie wearing, overweight bureaucrates which does not know anything about engineering and try to dictate how we behave).
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I welcome Jabba to the WordPress and blogging fraternity. And to stir up the waters even more, I’ll forward the site handle to the IEM / BEM as soon as he gives me my kickbacks.
Comment by Wata June 22, 2008 @ 3:34 amWhat’s the purpose of having IEM and BEM? Do companies sponsor the membership of their empoloyees? Well, if companies could do this, their employees would be given more recognition and calibre; which improves the status of engineering firms. Also, these bodies have to be supportive of their member’s development and target university graduates so that they can work towards their chartered-ship.
Comment by sohas June 23, 2008 @ 3:59 pmNo one is giving enough attention to social responsibility of senior engineers.
Comment by jabbathehutt June 24, 2008 @ 4:37 amWhat does that mean? In terms of encouraging them to do social stuff or monitoring whether they do it(as part of the criteria)?
Comment by sohas June 24, 2008 @ 10:34 amFirst, I believe that IEM/BEM should be more geared towards social responsibility. It should be a organisation where senior engineers can guide younger engineers.
Solid steps that they can do is:
1. Industrial placement scheme
2. Job seeking/placement for graduates
3. Counselling for engineers
4. Study loans/scholarships
5. Help improve standard of engineering courses
6. Reduce dependency on expatriate engineers by identifying field Malaysian engineers lack exposures and train them.
7. Unions to protect engineering profession? (I think oil and gas industry forbid this though)
Scrap the following;
1. Requirements of putting tons of photocopy in applying membership.
2. Putting an exam for engineers to get a stupid IR title (hey, if someone can pass mechanics, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, what is this bullshit about an exam which you know the question?)
3. Putting advertisement for foreign jobs
4. Support major conglomerates and place for politicians to mingle. This is society for engineers not bureaucrate.
If IEM and BEM fail to achieve 80% of registration inspite malaysian government ruling that all practicing engineers must be part of IEM/BEM, then this shows that something is very wrong. People are ignoring them even if it means going against the law.
Ask any 10 years experienced engineers in town who the president of BEM/IEM, they will say “who cares? got money meh if i know?!”
Comment by jabbathehutt June 25, 2008 @ 5:10 amI totally agree with you. I am not in the system yet, but hopefully in a few years time, I would see a better picture of it!
Comment by sohas June 25, 2008 @ 1:36 pmBrain drain is damm serious lah
look at the giant high tech German company Qimonda,
its CEO and Chairman is a guy from Ipoh
have a look:
http://qimonda.com/about/profile/management-board/loh-wah-kin.html
Comment by Relax July 30, 2008 @ 11:08 am