Well not going to argue over something like this. If you go on leave and only earn the guaranteed 25 hours, you definitely won't earn USD 12k. If you wanna earn that much while on vacation, the truth is you got to look elsewhere and I'm not sure where is that. Yes true things are not perfect or all that beautiful but that's relative. Relative to what you are comparing with. Depends where you are and want you want. There are better paying place pit there especially on paper. We are talking about the reality here. You may not touch USD 12k on the first year itself. Have a look:
1st year Basic: RM 13000 + RM 15600 (80hrs) + RM 4800 (48 sectors) = RM33400 - RM 3300 (26%tax) + RM 4000 (12% Employer EPF) = RM 34100 (USD11366)
6th year Basic: RM 17000 + RM 15600 (80hrs) + RM 4800 (48 sectors) =
RM 37400 - RM 4400 (26%tax) + RM 4400 (12% Employer EPF) = RM 37400 (USD12466)
if we wanna talk about the IF's in the world, we can go on forever. That's what it is now, it has been improving year after year and it will continue to improve. Be a bystander, sit on the fence and talk about the IF's or accept it. Where's perfect?