Popular Post webfact Posted December 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2021 Image: Daily News Daily News reported that comment from Thai netizens was rife after an education website called Khru Wandee Dot Com advertised a primary teacher assistant post at a measly 5,500 baht a month. The media did the math and said that would only be 183 baht a day, well short of minimum wage. It would only go up to 6,000 baht after a three month probationary period said the ad, from a school whose name was vaselined out. Image: Daily News This is probably due to defamation laws in sue happy Thailand. Netizens said this was like wages from decades ago. It should be at least 12,000 baht in the modern world, cried others. While others pointed out that it was illegal to offer less than minimum wage for a full time position that this appeared to be. Health insurance plans that meet the long stay visa requirements -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2021-12-23 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AwwYesNice1 Posted December 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2021 No wonder the kids here struggle to think once adults. 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThailandRyan Posted December 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2021 Well they have to reduce the pay because teaching is now on-line and what actually would an assistant teacher be doing, holding the Cell phone used by the teacher, and getting the teacher food....yes sarcasm. 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gsxrnz Posted December 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2021 Gosh, vaseline is such a versatile product. 3 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 7 minutes ago, AwwYesNice1 said: No wonder the kids here struggle to think once adults. Anyone accepting such a job, struggles doing sums. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gsxrnz Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 10 minutes ago, AwwYesNice1 said: No wonder the kids here struggle to think once adults. That's a gross misapplication of the word "struggle". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mac Mickmanus Posted December 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2021 13 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said: Well they have to reduce the pay because teaching is now on-line and what actually would an assistant teacher be doing, holding the Cell phone used by the teacher, and getting the teacher food....yes sarcasm. Some Schools have the kids back in the classroom now, schools are open 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mtls2005 Posted December 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2021 Probably excludes the 2,500 baht kickback? Are there elephant tickets for teaching positions? You hear stories about placement exams for recent grads for teaching positions where there are ~ 5 openings and thousands of candidates taking the test. But these jobs are highly desirable, very little work, maybe some light whipping and abuse, some haircutting, teaching prostration, and then there's the schooling part which appears to involve zero creativity and rote learning. But loans from the government seem unending, so there's that. 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Led Lolly Yellow Lolly Posted December 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2021 (edited) Quote That's a gross misapplication of the word "struggle". It took me many years of frustration trying to find staff that can think, Eventually I realised I just need staff that do what they're told. Life has been much easier ever since. Edited December 23, 2021 by Led Lolly Yellow Lolly 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djayz Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 50 minutes ago, webfact said: It should be at least 12,000 baht in the modern world, cried others. Which "modern" world would that be then? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ikke1959 Posted December 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2021 It is a shame salary......So much money is going to Education... where is it spend on?? I know the answers, but this is ..... no words for it 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Misterwhisper Posted December 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2021 And here is the old conundrum once again that plays a large part in holding back this country from developing a viable civil society: On the one hand, "netizens" have correctly pointed out that it was ILLEGAL to hire people for a salary below the minimum wage of THB300 per day. And on the other hand, the school's name has to be obscured and "netizens" are scared of being sued for "defamation" despite the fact that the school in question has clearly violated the law and even has PUBLICIZED that fact in the form of its job advertisement. Go figure. 16 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThailandRyan Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Mac Mickmanus said: Some Schools have the kids back in the classroom now, schools are open Not all, and how do we know from the OP if this is a school that's back in session or not. Schools here in BKK are shut down around us as is the daughters school. Been on-line since the year started. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neeranam Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 1 hour ago, mikebell said: Anyone accepting such a job, struggles doing sums. One way you can take advantage over the uneducated is to pay monthly instead of weekly. For example, if you pay your maid 1,000 baht a week, change to 4,000 a month. Thais don't understand a month is not 4 weeks. Ask any Thai how many weeks are in a year, and they will say '48'. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mtls2005 Posted December 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2021 30 minutes ago, Misterwhisper said: And here is the old conundrum once again that plays a large part in holding back this country from developing a viable civil society: Not sure it's a conundrum, rather it is the goal to keep the populace generally uneducated. And make sure they respect "authority". Holding back the country, or rather turning the clock back to a pre-1932 time, but with women fully clothed, is THE GOAL. That thai edumaction officials can feast at the MoE trough is merely a benefit. These indentured slave/teacher's aides probably do all the work anyway. A reasonably trained monkey could do a better job teaching thai youths. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomacht8 Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 A general shame. Many teachers earn their money after regular school lessons with extra lessons in the evening and on the weekends, but then - against appropriate payment - the teachers explain the subject matter correctly and prepare accordingly for the questions in the exam, which are created by the same teachers. Kids learn corruption from an early age here. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Led Lolly Yellow Lolly Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Salary shmalery, teacher's assistant = instant respect and the pride of the family! (FWIW) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Crikey, gave the Mrs 2xmonthly salary of a schoolteacher just yesterday as a Christmas treat! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThailandRyan Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 6 minutes ago, jacko45k said: Crikey, gave the Mrs 2xmonthly salary of a schoolteacher just yesterday as a Christmas treat! Could have been a Gucci spending spree.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNret Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 30 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said: Could have been a Gucci spending spree.... No Gucci for 11,000THB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tingtong Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 For one, I am happy not the math faculty is recruiting.... 5500/30= 183.... But which school is running a 30 days work schedule?? Apart, it is free choice. Plus supply and demand. If someone offer too little to 3xchange my time, I don't take the bargain. Nor anyone should really take this offer. Or complain about not being able to complain about it with names. Just keep demanding a change the <deleted> defamation law. If the majority want it, sooner or later they will have to. Since there isn't a strong enough push to change the law, could well be meaning the majority of Thai ppl like it or ok with it as it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Led Lolly Yellow Lolly Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 1 minute ago, USNret said: No Gucci for 11,000THB Try Shopee, it's the real deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post herfiehandbag Posted December 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2021 Now look here - the director's new "Benz" will not pay for itself now will it? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Led Lolly Yellow Lolly Posted December 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2021 You want to talk about nice cars, just take a look at what the senior figures in the Catholic Diocese of Chiang Rai drive around in. There's money in education (full disclosure, I send my son to a Catholic school) 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 5 hours ago, webfact said: While others pointed out that it was illegal to offer less than minimum wage for a full time position that this appeared to be. But this IS Thailand... anything goes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burma Bill Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Perhaps the school was looking for a suitable migrant worker????? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herfiehandbag Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Led Lolly Yellow Lolly said: You want to talk about nice cars, just take a look at what the senior figures in the Catholic Diocese of Chiang Rai drive around in. There's money in education (full disclosure, I send my son to a Catholic school) Interesting observation - I live in Chiang Rai, and the Cathedral is my Parish Church so I am very familiar with the setup. The diocesan school is managed by nuns, they have to he use of a pick up, a minibus and the school has one of those Lorry cum Songthau things (very old). To my knowledge, virtually all the priests in the diocese drive around in pick up trucks, the Bishop has a new (there has only been a diocese for three years or so) middle of the range saloon car - albeit with a driver. His diocese covers Chiang Rai, Nan, Phaya, Prae and part of Lampang provinces so he must cover a lot of miles. The office facilities are pretty modest, with a couple of staff, and both the Bishop and the two priests attached to the Cathedral live in simple houses. There is at least one "private" school in the City which is " Catholic". That one is owned by a private individual, who raised the money to build and open it from a Japanese business consortium. It is a business operation not owned by the diocese. I know he rides around in a Merc. Edited December 23, 2021 by herfiehandbag 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Led Lolly Yellow Lolly Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 (edited) Hmm, well OK, I can tell you the nuns were requiring more salubrious transportation. I've been here for a long time, maybe things have changed and the ranks are less needy, either that or they just black up the windows now ???? Edited December 23, 2021 by Led Lolly Yellow Lolly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Led Lolly Yellow Lolly Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 (edited) 29 minutes ago, herfiehandbag said: It is a business operation not owned by the diocese Hang on a minute, I missed this due to your edit. I mean no disrespect if you are faithful, but from the perspective of someone that is not a spiritual man, I fail to see how the diocese in and of itself is not a business operation. We have to consider the balance sheet of the mother ship, no? Edited December 23, 2021 by Led Lolly Yellow Lolly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
recom273 Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Seems like the netizens seemed more upset at the rate of pay rather than the class of candidate that would apply for a 6000B / month post teaching their kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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