Thread: TEFLers who don't have a clue how poorly paid they are

"This Phil character has been here years and is only now discovering that all Thais dont earn 6000 baht per month. It just underlines what a cock he is."

Yes, you are so right, becaude he wasn't up to date on current local salaries he is a cock. I completely understand your logic, are you Smeg's brother?

I have never asked a Thai that I haven't been sleeping with what they earn and usually don't bring it up anyway, why would I.

I normally have partners from the uni student-bank clerk-nurse-lower management (retail/hotel) field who generally earn around the 17 to 25K mark from what I gather.

As for automatically knowing what senior Thai engineers earn, I, as most expats here, have no reason to know... Or care.

For those who do know what every sector of Thai society earn, congratulations. Have a beer

In Thailand there are far too many coffin dodging poorly dressed alkies who accept crap salaries just to survive.

The Thai folks who employ these clowns are just as at fault.

I am out of teaching and into different pastures thank god, and am in negotiation for a real job with hard graft outside the country. I'll always be based here though.

It seems that Phil has come out of his incubator and seen that Thais are not all on anorexic salaries.

I dunno what to say to that so I'll keep it to myself.

Originally Posted by Bexar County Stud

Got it? I never said anything about AO's wife, now fuck off.

Ohh, you bitch!

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

Originally Posted by Bexar County Stud

Got it? I never said anything about AO's wife, now fuck off.

Ohh, you bitch!

Sorry dude. Bad day at the office on my part, apologies.

Originally Posted by Chairman Mao

Because you wanted to be based here and simply had no other means, even though you hated doing it?

That's absolutely pathetic.

Because I didn't know any better back then.

Pathetic? I suppose you're correct.

Originally Posted by Sir Burr

I think teaching as a whole in every country is a poorly paid profession.
If the money is important to you, don't do teaching.
If it makes you happy then do it.

In Germany it is not a bad paid job especially at secondary school. Teachers get paid above the average income.
Though it is the great exception to your rule that it is a poorly paid profession everywhere..

Originally Posted by good2bhappy

25 contact hours plus the time to prepare those hours often adds up to a lot more than 40 per week.
Marking, grading, lesson planning and exam setting as well as meetings and other duties is damn tiring.

When you think about it, it's slavery.

The phrase "a wolf in sheeps clothing" leaps to mind

Today's newspaper had an article about local kindergarden teachers. they have not been paid for 8 months.

Their salary.....$27 per month. Seriously.

I have never asked a Thai that I haven't been sleeping with what they earn and usually don't bring it up anyway, why would I.

I always know what the Thai (girl in my case) earns per hour, it's normally 500 to 1000B.

I know when I was at a Thai-famous university the only teacher I met who came close to my wage was a sociology prof who'd been there for 30 years.

I'm not one to be concerned how much I get paid or how much you get paid or how much we should be paid. All I know is I get three times what the Thai teachers get at my school and they work harder than me. Isn't that enough to know about the subject?

Originally Posted by Camel Toe

Isn't that enough to know about the subject?

righto,

you dont, by any chance, have a bat tattooed on your other toe, do you?

Originally Posted by kingwilly

Today's newspaper had an article about local kindergarden teachers. they have not been paid for 8 months.

Their salary.....$27 per month. Seriously.

Can we assume they're not overly bothered by not being paid then?

In my limited experience, Thais often understate their salaries to make themselves appear poorer than they are. There are many benefits to appearing poorer than you are.

Richest guy always pays -- for everybody.