Hire an Admin Assistant in Malaysia? What Reddit Says It Costs

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Reddit's r/malaysia and r/MalaysianPF have useful threads for Malaysian owners deciding whether to hire an admin or personal assistant. Here is what they say about cost and scope, and where an AI assistant fits.

What Reddit says it costs

A r/malaysia thread asked what to pay for admin plus basic accounting at a new company near Sunway. Replies put it at around RM3,000 to RM3,200 a month for a five-day week. On top of salary, an employer pays statutory contributions such as EPF and SOCSO, plus leave, equipment and management time. Treat these figures as reported by posters, not a salary survey.

What the job actually becomes

A 23-year-old PA on r/MalaysianPF described being paid just under RM3,000 to do marketing, financial analysis, video editing and finance support. Commenters said that is two or three jobs in one. One reply split PAs into two types: the secretary who books meetings and prints documents, and the rarer assistant who adds business value by vetting reports and spotting problems.

Hire or software?

• Hire when you need someone physically present, a front desk, judgment on sensitive matters, or the value-adding type of assistant.
• Software for the secretary-type work: triage, scheduling, follow-ups, first drafts, invoice reminders. It is cheaper for that work and does not forget.
• Both is common: software takes the repetitive layer so the person you hire does the second type of work.

The rough numbers

An admin hire at the Reddit figure costs roughly RM36,000 a year in salary before contributions. Proxi costs about RM8,000 in its first year: RM499 a month plus a one-time RM2,000 setup. They do not do the same job, and that is the point: price the repetitive part separately.

Where Proxi fits

Proxi runs an AI operator on your WhatsApp. It triages, drafts in your voice and follows up, and drafts come to you for one-tap approval before they go out. Proxi is one plan: RM499 a month plus a one-time RM2,000 setup, everything included, with a 7-day money-back guarantee. See the plans or get started.

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