Topic: falling wages

[hero]

Do you suppose the MOE would give me a refund if I decided to move to another country?

[Michaelphet]

Can anybody tell me. for certain, not just guessing, how much does a school get for a qualified teacher of English from the government, per month?   Is that supposed to be paid to the teacher?   If this amount is not paid, what can I do?   Do you have a reference as to where I can see the figure written on an official Thai document?   Thanks.

[beenaroundawhile01]

I work for a goverment school. whilst i can't say how much a school gets payed per teacher, if that is the case. i do know that the school recieves a payment from the goverment for running an english or mini english program. The parents of the student often pick up the tab for the native english speaker in the class 2 or 3 times a week. if you are at a goverment school working for an agency they are robbing you and the school blind. this is a great loop hole for many schools, they do not have to indure the cost of work permits and such like and an agency will not endure such costs either. do your self a favour, if you are a qualified teacher, find your self a good school, not private and they will make sure every thing is above board. if you aren't qualified, you knew the risks when you came,so no point in bitchen about it.

[certified]

Ten years ago Sarrasas started teachers at 35,000 to 38,000.

Ten years ago you could get a medium pizzza, garlic bread, medium soft drink, and chicken wings for 179 baht.

Ten years ago you could rent a town house as long as a bowling alley lane for 2,500 baht a month.

Ten years ago you could watch a movie for 35 baht.

Ten years ago you would find it difficult to spend 1000 baht on a Saturday night.

Ten years ago the government gave free health care to all the teachers Thai or foreign.

On 37,000 baht a month, ten years ago this way ok, but still a moderate lifestyle.
 
Today why haven't wages been adjusted for inflation? Aren't all the reasons obvious?

[Happy]

From MoE Mukdahan they don't want to see anymore than 25K on any falang teacher contracts.

Paul

[bomha]

My mate from London says he saw proof that his govt. school receives 19,000 plus change, per month, for his salary.  Mind you, he still gets 25,000 per month for 11 months per year, now in his third year there, plus other years experience before that.  Adjusted for inflation, his wages are going down (and his workload keeps going up).

[crocodile]

So why the f*** does he do such a job for such ridiculous money? His own stupid fault.

[fed_up]

Yeah, my sentiments exactly... As long as Thailand has these dumb, no-hopers who are begging to be treated like the workhorse from Animal Farm, we will never get to see real wages.

PEOPLE !! Is it just so hard to say "NO !" ? You wouldn't put up with this kind of BS in your native country, so what is wrong with you ? I just don't understand...

[samvimes]

It's a new mantra

I will not work for less than 45,000 per month
I will not work for a 9, 10, or 11 month contract

Solidarity is a long way away....

[RobRoy]

samvines
don't know about 45K, but here in the big mango less than 40K should come with alot of perks....top of the line medical, <20 contact hours, come and go as you please when you're not teaching, etc.  And I agree about the less than a full year contract...why take one when its easy to find a school that will pay you round the year?  Making 25k and loosing a month of pay...don't think I could live on that kind of money.

[anyonefortennis]

You wouldn't put up with this kind of BS in your native country, so what is wrong with you ? I just don't understand...

Who wouldn't put up with this kinda shit? A fair slice of the people teaching over here have never had a proper job in their home country, straight outta uni and travelling the world - they therefore have no comparative.

Those who have worked as teachers or lecturers in the UK would also probably admit that they do / have in fact put up with a lot of BS, especially since the demise of union power.

What magical power do we have in our home countries?

I worked for a international firm of accountants and a large university in sarf London, and maybe I was just unlucky but I had to put up with a whole bucket full of BS at both places.

At least where I'm living now my rent doesn't jump up every six months as was the case in the UK, in fact there's been no increase in rent at all over the last five years.