The Instagram platform @malaysianpaygap allows people to anonymously share information on their job and salary, in order to break the taboo about discussing wages. Today on #TheLITEBreakfast , Asha and Terry speak with Prestine Davekhaw, the founder of the initiative.
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00:00Good morning, it's The Light Breakfast with Asha and Terry, and today on Payday, we're looking for answers in the right places on taboos and transparency in the marketplace with documentary photographer and founder of Malaysian Pay Gap, Prestine Devko.
00:14And since you started in 2022, which really wasn't that long ago.
00:19Last year.
00:19Yeah, just last year. How has the community grown? And we know that the community has grown and has helped one another in the Malaysian Pay Gap platform.
00:27Can you give us some examples of how this positivity has come about and who it has impacted on?
00:33I would say a consistent pattern that we notice is that some people, they are being unfairly dismissed, but they have no idea that they actually have a case.
00:43So we do have this hashtag called MPG Advice, where they will spell out their case and then the community member will say, oh, you should go and do this.
00:50So we have people reported to Jabatan Buru, where people get help, gotten help from employment lawyers to help through their cases.
01:00And I also remember this chef, it was like, it was early days last year.
01:05He was working 10 to 12 hours every day, earning only $2,001.
01:09And he obviously loved his job because when you're reading between the lines, you can feel the passion.
01:16And in the end, somebody offered him a job and then he accepted it.
01:20Obviously, his integrity was valued by somebody else and noticed by somebody else.
01:25And so he got this better offer, which I think that speaks volumes for actually a platform that allows the people who are interacting with it to actually...
01:33And immediate gratification for you actually as a platform, because it's amazing to have that feeling knowing that you like directly affected positive change in someone's life.
01:43There is a most memorable one.
01:45It was a young girl and not really young.
01:48Oh, he's she's 28 years old.
01:50She graduated from her law degree, but then she suffered something at the point where she was looking out for jobs.
01:58So she settled on being a part-time crew at a restaurant.
02:01She shared her story out, shared how she felt like she disappointed her parents.
02:06And a lot of people came out and said that your English is so good.
02:09Your logic is awesome.
02:10Why don't you keep trying?
02:12And somebody who worked at a law firm, they DM us and said that they would like to offer interview opportunity to the girl.
02:20Yeah, we shared that with the girl and then she took it and she got that job.
02:31Thank you for having me.
02:32Thank you very much.