foreign company - minimum number of employees?

[ShrewedPunter]

Yes, i've made a post about this before..

My friend works for a Swedish company, and from the looks of her facebook, her and her Thai lady colleges do absolutely fuck-all, all day, except pose around the sofa, order KFC and pizza make stupid photos with that V finger sign.

There's about 7 ladies in the photos. My friend says she does "invoicing", however i've never seen as much as a desk or any work going on in any of her photos. She's always available for chatting on whatsapp and facebook chat as well.

Also some of them wear the uniform polo shirt, some of them wear their own clothes. My friend alternates

So my question is.. is there some soft of minimum employee quota foreign companies need to make in Thailand??

Bizarre.

[Rural Surin]

Damned foreigners.
They're taken over the asylum.

[Fondles]

I assume small business so How many work permits does this company cover will be the answer to the minimum amount of employees.

If not married to a Thai 4 employees are needed per work permit, if married to a Thai this halves.

[Marmite the Dog]

So my question is.. is there some soft of minimum employee quota foreign companies need to make in Thailand??

Yes, a Ltd company needs at least 4 employees if one foreigner is employed, if I'm not mistaken.

I think the reasoning behind it is that it takes 4 Thai employees to do that same amount of work as one foreigner, but I think 40 is probably closer to reality.

[AntRobertson]

I think the reasoning behind it is that it takes 4 Thai employees to do that same amount of work as one foreigner, but I think 40 is probably closer to reality.

Good luck trying to run a Co. here. You'll need it obviously.

[Marmite the Dog]

Good luck trying to run a Co. here. You'll need it obviously.

Never wanted or needed to. Only for fools.

[slackula]

I think the reasoning behind it is that it takes 4 Thai employees to do that same amount of work as one foreigner, but I think 40 is probably closer to reality.

Yet you continue to live here...

[ShrewedPunter]

So my question is.. is there some soft of minimum employee quota foreign companies need to make in Thailand??

Yes, a Ltd company needs at least 4 employees if one foreigner is employed, if I'm not mistaken.

I think the reasoning behind it is that it takes 4 Thai employees to do that same amount of work as one foreigner, but I think 40 is probably closer to reality.

I guess that must be it! I guess 4 or 5 foreigners from Europe a minimum must work there so that brings the case for 20 Thai women doing absolutely jack shit around the office all day

[chitown]

Once, one of my Thai workers had to respond to an email she had received. She asked me what to say and I told her. She then gathered a few of the other Thai workers around to help her. This happened at around 9am. On my way to lunch, I heard them still talking about the email with lots of Gaw and La gaw and other words of uncertainty and confusion. I returned from luch and they were still muttering away. Sadly, at the end of the day on my way out, I asked her is she had sent the email and she said no she wanted me to proofread it. I read all three lines and made the corrections and went to the house. The next day I found out that the email still had not been dispatched.

So, 6 workers spent over 8 hours on a brief email that was never sent. All of them had degrees from "top" (I use that word loosely) Thai Unis. I still do not know what was so hard about sending a 3 linerr email.
"The best things in life are free, for everything else there's the costly Thai way of wasting time and money!"

[ShrewedPunter]

My friend studied "Marketing Management at Ubon Ratchathani University" so i guess she's educated well...

[Albert Shagnastier]

foreign company - minimum number of employees?

why start a foreign company?
become an employee of a Thai company.

[Marmite the Dog]

I think the reasoning behind it is that it takes 4 Thai employees to do that same amount of work as one foreigner, but I think 40 is probably closer to reality.

Yet you continue to live here...

I do. And?

[ShrewedPunter]

I think the reasoning behind it is that it takes 4 Thai employees to do that same amount of work as one foreigner, but I think 40 is probably closer to reality.

Yet you continue to live here...

I do. And?

The country has LOTS of drawbacks however it has one redeeming factor.

You can NEVER compete with free, easy, slim, attractive & promiscuous pussy.

NEVER in a million years

[AntRobertson]

Good luck trying to run a Co. here. You'll need it obviously.

Never wanted or needed to. Only for fools.

Well it's a good thing that you neither need nor want to, because you clearly don't know the first thing about running a business here save for the usual bar-stool 'wisdom'.

[English Noodles]

Good luck trying to run a Co. here. You'll need it obviously.

Never wanted or needed to. Only for fools.

or people who know how to be successful in business.

[Marmite the Dog]

It was so nice without the tedium twins posting. Shame they had to make an unwelcome return.

[AntRobertson]

Poor widdle Marmite, go have a sulk. Of course if you want to talk shite about things you don't know without interruption you could always go and start a blog. I promise I won't even read it, much less try to post on it.

[Spin]

If you work at a "foreign" company, to get a work permit, there is no requirement to hire Thai staff. For each work permit there must be 2 million baht's worth of capitalisation in the company. The labour department should never ask that you hire 4 staff.
The requirement for 4 staff comes from the immigration department. If you want to get an extension of stay based on working you must show 4 names for the previous three months before your application on a printed form form the social security office to show that you are paying contributions. (you do not have to be actually hiring these people for work, you can just pay the contributions to get the extension )

[jingoist]

2 million baht capital if the farang getting the WP is not married to a Thai, 1 million if he is.

[slackula]

It was so nice without the tedium twins posting. Shame they had to make an unwelcome return.

Cry moar!

[Ratchaburi]

If you work at a "foreign" company, to get a work permit, there is no requirement to hire Thai staff. For each work permit there must be 2 million baht's worth of capitalisation in the company. The labour department should never ask that you hire 4 staff.
The requirement for 4 staff comes from the immigration department. If you want to get an extension of stay based on working you must show 4 names for the previous three months before your application on a printed form form the social security office to show that you are paying contributions. (you do not have to be actually hiring these people for work, you can just pay the contributions to get the extension )

I will be going to Immigration on Tuesday.
Now you need the staff 4 is the minimum but last year I had 5 Staff 20 employees
& the woman at immigration told me Next year she would like more staff.
Its OK, her Boss will be around to get his money & I will get 1 more year.

[Albert Shagnastier]

I will be going to Immigration on Tuesday. Now you need the staff 4 is the minimum but last year I had 5 Staff 20 employees & the woman at immigration told me Next year she would like more staff. Its OK, her Boss will be around to get his money & I will get 1 more year.

why start a foreign company? become an employee of a Thai company.

Always best for the man of average means to think a little deeper and read between the lines.

[Hypatia]

Spin,
So one can simply do a visa run to consulate every 90 days for a fresh B, and then gets a WP ? But the WP is for how long? Interesting, Can I ask, please, about owning a business on a retirement visa? Possible ?