Bloomberg suggests Thailand needs half a million foreign workers post pandemic - thousands set to arrive daily

[webfact]

Naew Na Thai Caption: Foreign media report! Thailand needs 100,000s of  foreign workers

 

Naew Na reported that Bloomberg said that "Thailand is short of 500,000 workers after (the) government lifted most Covid bans".

 

Bloomberg said this particularly referred to the construction and fisheries sectors. 

 

Thais are unwilling to work for low salaries in unpleasant jobs. 

 

Poj Aramwattananont, deputy chief of the Thai chamber of commerce, called it a serious problem because getting the economy moving again meant many foreigners were needed to keep construction projects afloat.

 

He said it was also problematic because economies like China and Japan also needed large numbers of foreign laborers, creating competition for them. 

 

Piroj Chotikasatien of the Department of Employment said that at the moment there are 250,000 foreign laborers in Thailand.

 

Many are working illegally and there has been an amnesty announced so they can work legally with extensions of permission to stay to 2025.

 

About 500 workers are trying to enter Thailand to work every day and 2,000 per day will be the norm soon. 

 

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[2baht]

8 minutes ago, webfact said:

Thais are unwilling to work for low salaries in unpleasant jobs. 

Do you think I could get a start  as a Tuk Tuk pilot?

 

 

[sanuk711]

Bloomberg has always run hot on Thailand--rating it pre pandemic as one of the top investment places in the world, I see in their latest magazine they are raving about the new Thai smart City they will be building -out side of BKK  (which I haven't seen ASEAN  mention )--But the fisheries  industry, I wouldn't blame anyone for not wanting to work that--- like being in servitude.

 

 

 

[ezzra]

48 minutes ago, webfact said:

Thais are unwilling to work for low salaries in unpleasant jobs. 

 

A job become ' unpleasant' when one toil like a Buffalo all day for peanuts and little conditions and security, if and when Thailand stop using their workforce as slaves give them pay rise and social benefits those construction jobs will be just like any other well paid job...

[RichardColeman]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Thais are unwilling to work for low salaries in unpleasant jobs. 

Be fair, many I see actually 'working' spend more time on the phone than 'working' , they could be being overpaid !

[Baron Samedi]

Is Thailand gonna need workers or slaves ?

[Baron Samedi]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

He said it was also problematic because economies like China and Japan also needed large numbers of foreign laborers, creating competition for them. 

Is a global competition for slaves next ?

What a world...

[rabang]

Every country in the world is lacking people doing arduous jobs for peanuts.

[Damrongsak]

9 hours ago, 2baht said:

Do you think I could get a start  as a Tuk Tuk pilot?

 

 

Do you have credentials like this guy? (from BBC)

 

[NativeBob]

current bloomberg is not "the Bloomberg" anymore. freelancers, outsourcing, students working for food... please! 

[hotchilli]

18 hours ago, webfact said:

Bloomberg said this particularly referred to the construction and fisheries sectors. 

500,000 slave labourers.

[hotchilli]

18 hours ago, 2baht said:

Do you think I could get a start  as a Tuk Tuk pilot?

 

 

What's your fighting skills like?

[Andycoops]

And many of the thousands will be Burmese who haven't been vaccinated against covid, so you can blame the government for any surge in cases as a result.

[2baht]

2 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

What's your fighting skills like?

I've got a machete and 15 mates!

[hotchilli]

4 minutes ago, 2baht said:

I've got a machete and 15 mates!

You'll fit in nicely... Start tomorrow?

[2baht]

1 minute ago, hotchilli said:

You'll fit in nicely... Start tomorrow?

300 baht per day.................I'm in!

[hotchilli]

3 minutes ago, 2baht said:

300 baht per day.................I'm in!

Per ride surely?

[2baht]

2 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Per ride surely?

Buddha said, take only what's offered.

[hotchilli]

2 minutes ago, 2baht said:

Buddha said, take only what's offered.

Buddha teaching says take the "middle path" to your destination

in Thailand however via Tuk-Tuk that has been hit by inflation.????

[mikebell]

21 hours ago, webfact said:

"Thailand is short of 500,000 workers

These could be instantly available if all mega-stores like Macro/HomePro/all Tesebans & the like sacked 60% of its redundant work force.

[herfiehandbag]

On 7/13/2022 at 11:56 AM, webfact said:

Thais are unwilling to work for low salaries in unpleasant jobs. 

So increase the pay and improve the working conditions. 

 

It's not as if the building sites or the fish are going to up sticks and move elsewhere!

 

Bloomberg complaining that their clients cannot get enough low paid (virtually slave) labour, well my heart pumps purple pee!