johnnybangkok

Allow me to assist using your own defination. You CANNOT call yourself neutral when you only argue one side of a debate. Which you do. Constantly.

Neutral “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” -Inigo Montoya, The Princess Bride.

And you are assuming this is political. Both Biden and the White House have already come out and said they knew nothing about the raid and had nothing to do with it's instigation. Could it actually just simply be law enforcement doing their job? Being the only POTUS ever to have been raided by law enforcement, the DOJ and FBI will no doubt have been super careful that this was the right thing to do so to say this is 'state agencies harassing political rivals' is a very long stretch indeed. The guy's a proven crook so don't look for alternative reasons other than him just being his usual crooked self.

Have you noticed how Trump fans are particularly prone to histronics? 'Most persecuted human being alive'. Give me a break.

This isn't an episode of Sherlock Holmes and the FBI aren't wizards out of Harry Potter; things take time and this is only at the beginning. As has been mentioned many times before, the documents will need to be logged and assessed. Archives will need to be involved and will report on what is there that he shouldn't have (which sounds like everything but I won't jump to concusions). In other words, the evidence needs to be accumulated and then the process of charging will follow. This is an ex-POTUS so I can imagine these guys will be somewhat thorough in all this, knowing that the likes of Kevin McCarthy have already threatened a full investigation IF they get Congress https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/3593582-mccarthy-threatens-to-probe-garland-after-trump-fbi-raid/

This is the first time you have said Trump should be investigated for this matter so it's good to see you are coming round to what is the right thing to do. And by the way, not a single person has labelled you as far right but you are being labelled as a Trump supporter as only Trump supporters have the audacity to defend this man as much as they do.

Enough of the pearl clutching pleeeeeese!. You can't come on a forum, cr&pping on about the 'radical left', Antifa and 'but...... but...... Hunters laptop' and then try and plead the victim. We understand neutrality extremely well and is why you are being accused of being the complete opposite of neutral because in not one of your posts have you acknowledged that Trump tried to steal the election, has been in denial about it ever since (and is amassing a cohort of other election deniers for important government posts) and that the FBI would not be raiding his home without LOTS of probable cause. As has been pointed out to you many, many times before, he took confidential documents he wasn't suppose to take. The National Archives asked for them back but he only returned 15 boxes. They want the rest back (to include records of foreign gifts given to Trump and Pence in 2020) and he hasn't done that. As Eric Loh pointed out earlier, the willfull removal or destruction of these records maybe subjected to fines or up to 3 years of imprisonment. Individuals with possession or control of records reflecting national defense information who permit their removal, loss, or destruction are subjected to fines or imprisonment of not more than 10 years. All of this has been reported to the FBI and the FBI have done their duty in going to get them Now if you were indeed neutral you would acknowledge there is at least something that needs to be investigated and the FBI are only doing the job they have been asked to do. You're not neutral hence the continuous deflections to the radical left, Antifa and Hunter Biden. And now some classic pearl clutching.

Obviously he's been a model POTUS who will be admired for his honesty, inclusiveness and his ability to bring the country together. I don't know what those pesky Dems have against him.

The January 6th enquiry is brand new as is this information about the removal of documents. His constant refusal to accept the election result is also relatively new as is the information he tried to manipulate states into 'finding' votes for him. Current 'houndings' are justified as you can't simply ignore what he has done. Alsxo, you can only bring investigations and the likes to the fore when the evidence is gathered and despite what the Trump fans here will say, no DOJ or FBI are going to take action against a former POTUS without concrete evidence. This takes time.

As also a non-American observer, I couldn't agree with you less. The fact that American is still following a legal route to Trump makes it the absolute opposite of a banana republic. Although the January 6th hearings have taken a long time to get done, they have been thorough and damning in equal measures. On top of this, these raids by the FBI are part of an investigation into Trump's removal of official presidential records from the White House to his Florida resort (amazingly enough, you can't do this) and was on the back of The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration in February notifying Congress that it had recovered about 15 boxes of White House documents from Trump's Florida home, some of which contained classified materials. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-fbi-is-raiding-his-florida-estate-what-legal-woes-does-he-face-2022-08-08/ All of this is completely justified because, yet again, Trump refuses to follow the rules and acts in a manner that just automatically arouses suspicion (why WOULDN'T you return records to The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration UNLESS you had something to hide). Whether you think it's just a witch-hunt is irrelevant because the facts don't lend to that argument; he DID try to interfere in the election (and is in deep trouble in Georgia), he still insists the election was stolen and he did insight the January 6th attack on the Capitol. It wouldn't take a huge leap of imagination to think he stole or destroyed sensitive documents as well. P.S. A 'neutral' observer doesn't call people 'radical lefties' or refers to Antifa when the subject has nothing to do with it and they certainly don't keep going on about irrelevant facts such as Hunter Biden's laptop. There is nothing 'neutral' about your political leanings and I think that's very obvious to most.

Not true but yes, getting someone to fulfill their notice period can be difficult and since it’s rarely worth much, it wouldn’t be worth the hassle to enforce. It’s still a good idea to have a solid employment contract though for all other things.

I would say every single one of them. Which is quite impressive if you think on it.

Not true; employment contracts are very important in Thailand. Obviously anyone can get fired at any time at any job in any country but Thai employment law is very strict about the notice period money you should be getting paid and is VERY employee biased. You also have a robust system for unfair dismisal and the likes. This is why it's important to get the contract (with agreed notice periods) agreed in advance. If done properly it WILL hold up in an employment tribunial.

You are getting some REALLY bad advice here so let me set a few things straight for you. An employment contract is only valid once you actually start employment so legally, it doesn't matter if it's signed beforehand or on your first date of employment. You cannot be held to a contract (and you can't hold them to a contract) if you aren't working for them. The ONLY time you need a signed contract before you commence work is if you are getting your work-permit via a non-immigrant O visa issued in another country (which is the norm for most jobs as you cannot be issued this visa in Thailand) but since teachers get a non-immigrant B visa, they can apply once in Thailand with the following criteria:- https://hochiminh.thaiembassy.org/en/publicservice/non-immigrant-b-teaching-in-thailand? page=5d80ab3315e39c2fe800a7ab&menu=5d80ab3315e39c2fe800a7ac In your subsequent post you did say 'They want me to get a work visa and then they fly me out' which I assume means at the Thai Embassy in your home country. This is impossible without a either a signed contract or 'Letter of acceptance from the employing institute or school in Thailand'. If I was you, I'd send them the list of requirements for a non-immigrant B visa, as stated in the link I have included here and ask them for all the things that only they can supply (Letter of acceptance from the employing institute or school in Thailand, Letter of approval from government authorities, School license/Business registration, school profile etc) and see what their response is. If they are not willing to provide this then they aren't serious as it's simply impossible to get a visa without this information and therefore their participation. It just might be very possible that they are hedging their bets as far as the contract is concerned or it just might be they have had a bad experience before and just want to make sure you show up before they go ahead with all the other things required (including a signed contract) but by virtue of them asking you to get the visa in advance, it then puts the onus on them to get you everything you need for a successful application (to include a signed contract). Best of luck.

I've got one as well. Fred is the proud owner of the only talking dog in the world 'Rex'. One day Fred sticks $10 in Rex's collar and tells him to go to the local shop to pick up the papers and some groceries. Rex replies 'will do'. 2 hours go by and the dog is nowhere to be seen. Fred goes searching for him and is about to give up when he passes an alley and sure enough, there's Rex in there hunping away at the local 'bitch'. Fred runs up to Rex shouting, 'Rex, what the hell! You've never done this before'. To which Rex replies 'I've never had the money before.'

Lets start with ''Totally unreliable and annoying for us. I dont want to pay her because she hasn't given us any notice. I feel I want to teach her a lesson. What would you do? It will be annoying if she turns up and makes drama demanding her salary.' This is illegal. If she has worked the days/hours then legally you cannot withhold her money. 'They work hard but we pay the well above the norm compared to our competitors. We pay double time if they work on public holidays'. You have admitted in a subsequent post that you think you work them too hard. This could be the problem in a nutshell but easily solveable by hiring more than your usual 5 workers. If for example you hire 7, then you won't have to pay overtime as you do now (therefore halfing the hourly cost) and you will have back-up for when someone doesn't show up for a shift or doesn't return from a family visit. It's just a case of logistics and working out work time-tables and paying people for hours worked rather than for being employed. If done properly, 7 staff need not cost you any more than 5 staff without overtime. The rest of the problem is your attitude. 'I feel living in this third world mentality here in Thailand is wearing me down'. As much as I appreciate how draining all of this can be, no one forced you to open a business in Thailand and I think the least you could have done is try to understand the mentality of your workers. There has been plenty of posters on here giving you solid advice about how to keep low paid staff happy (treat them like family, make yours a fun environment to work in, give them something more than just 'above normal' salaries etc) but perhaps start with your own prejudices and pre-conceived ideas that is making you look VERY negatively on all of this. Start with doing an exit interview for all staff (you can go back as far as 6 months to a year) using a Thai that is NOT related to you nor the business (if you know any HR professional, that would be ideal but it has to be Thai). Then do a similar question and answer session with your current staff. Tell people it is confidential and you are not looking for anything else other than constructive criticism and you'll only be taking up 10 mins of their time. Then ask them questions along the lines of (for ex-staff) :- 1. Why did you leave the position? 2. What could we have done to keep you? 3. What is your thought on the working environment? Was it fun? Did you enjoy the work/people? 4. What would have been the single biggest thing we could have done to keep you employed? 5. What is your view of senior management? You will find that some just didn't care and it wouldn't have mattered what you did but if you ask enough people, you may find a trend that you were just not aware of (working them too hard for example). The point is you are just guessing right now....... so don't. Find out for sure what the problem is as then you are half-way to solving it. It is very difficult to see a problem from within especially when you are so involved yourself and/or feeling as cynical as you currently are. Best of luck and I hope it all works out for you. N.B. I run a recruitment and HR Consultancy business here in Thailand. I employ 54 staff myself but consult many, many companies who have similar problems to your own. Hopefully you will take this advice in the constructive manner it's meant.

I act like I'm 25 so it might be handy to look like I am.