where are the jobs?

[Peteblank]

All the job listings I see are for other places in Thailand. How do people find jobs around Pattaya? 

[jacko45k]

Do you read Thai?

[redwood1]

Sir if you want a job....Just put on some lipstick and go to beach road and stand with the girls...But you might have to offer very cheap rates to get any business...

[cdemundo]

Don't mean to patronize you but sounds like you are unaware.

There are extensive restrictions on foreigners working in Thailand.

You must be able to do a job that a Thai person cannot do or you are considered to be taking a job from a Thai.

 

Do you have unique specialized job skills?

Otherwise you could start a business that employs Thai people.

 

 

[G_Money]

There are none.  Legitimate that is unless teaching English at about 35k baht a month.  Barely livable.

Earn your money in the West.  Spend in Thailand.

 

Edited June 14 by G_Money

[georgegeorgia]

7 minutes ago, cdemundo said:

Don't mean to patronize you but sounds like you are unaware.

There are extensive restrictions on foreigners working in Thailand.

You must be able to do a job that a Thai person cannot do or you are considered to be taking a job from a Thai.

 

Do you have unique specialized job skills?

Otherwise you could start a business that employs Thai people.

 

 

Are doctors exempt?

[Ralf001]

Depends on what employment you are looking for but there is plenty in the industrial estates near Pattaya,  Laem Chabang and Rayong.

 

Best to contact recruiters for those.

[Gottfrid]

11 hours ago, Peteblank said:

All the job listings I see are for other places in Thailand. How do people find jobs around Pattaya? 

They open a bar!

[stoner]

2 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

They open a bar!

 

then it fails and gets sold to pete.

[brewsterbudgen]

https://www.ajarn.com/recruitment/jobs

 

[georgegeorgia]

6 hours ago, stoner said:

 

then it fails and gets sold to pete.

Pete Smith?

And then after Pete ?

 

[georgegeorgia]

7 hours ago, G_Money said:

There are none.  Legitimate that is unless teaching English at about 35k baht a month.  Barely livable.

Earn your money in the West.  Spend in Thailand.

 

Teaching was big in Thailand for farangs back in  the 90's and early 2000's 

 

Nowadays you rarely hear of it on the forums 

I know there's a lot of age discrimination though ,most advertise no.older than 50

Edited June 14 by georgegeorgia

[georgegeorgia]

2 minutes ago, Sticky Rice Balls said:

i got my TEFL in CM but found out im not a babysitter....gave up trying to teach thais that seem to have no interest in english

Let's face it you have no people skills ,your a angry man with a chip on his shoulder 😡 

 

 

[G_Money]

10 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

Teaching was big in Thailand for farangs back in  the 90's and early 2000's 

 

Nowadays you rarely hear of it on the forums 

I know there's a lot of age discrimination though ,most advertise no.older than 50

Yep.  Never understood the concept of abandoning a job or career in the West to come to Thailand to teach English for 35k baht a month.

 

 

[georgegeorgia]

4 minutes ago, G_Money said:

Yep.  Never understood the concept of abandoning a job or career in the West to come to Thailand to teach English for 35k baht a month.

 

 

Aand  the salary is not much better fast forward 20 years

 

What did happen to all those farang english teachers back in the early 2000's?

 

They used to be a lot in that Ajarn forum complaining about everything 

Edited June 14 by georgegeorgia

[G_Money]

Just now, georgegeorgia said:

What did happen to all those farang english teachers back in the early 2000's?

 

They used to be a lot in that Ajarn forum complaining about everything 

No idea,  Never associated with them.

[PoorSucker]

8 hours ago, G_Money said:

There are none.  Legitimate that is unless teaching English at about 35k baht a month.  Barely livable.

Earn your money in the West.  Spend in Thailand.

 

If you master another language than English there is customer service and sales job via Telephone.

I work for a Swedish company here.

[G_Money]

9 minutes ago, PoorSucker said:

If you master another language than English there is customer service and sales job via Telephone.

I work for a Swedish company here.

Legitimate with work permit or some boiler room selling “investments”, time shares etc.

 

They appear to get raided every month or two for some reason.

[PoorSucker]

9 minutes ago, G_Money said:

Legitimate with work permit or some boiler room selling “investments”, time shares etc.

 

They appear to get raided every month or two for some reason.

BOI workpermit and extension of stay from EEC office in Chonburi.

We employ many Thais that grew up in Sweden and can talk perfect Swedish, 50.000+ baht for Thai and Swedes

Edited June 14 by PoorSucker

[G_Money]

27 minutes ago, PoorSucker said:

BOI workpermit and extension of stay from EEC office in Chonburi.

We employ many Thais that grew up in Sweden and can talk perfect Swedish, 50.000+ baht for Thai and Swedes

I suppose that could be beneficial for some.

 

Next level up from school teacher.

 

Glad I had the sense not to reside in Thailand long stay until having the funds first.

 

I get it. Some people are “I want it now”.

 

What exactly are they selling ?  Telemarketers are not popular in America.  I hang up on every one of them when I even go through the motion of answering.

 

 

[PoorSucker]

14 minutes ago, G_Money said:

I get it. Some people are “I want it now”.

Did I mention our 6h workday.

[stoner]

5 minutes ago, PoorSucker said:

Did I mention our 6h workday.

 

did you see that it was good and on the 7th day you rested ?

[G_Money]

5 minutes ago, PoorSucker said:

Did I mention our 6h workday.

You didn’t.

 

What are you trying to sell/scam?

[PoorSucker]

Just now, stoner said:

 

did you see that it was good and on the 7th day you rested ?

6th and 7th day. we start working 1pm in the afternoons, so I rest in the mornings also.

[transam]

2 minutes ago, G_Money said:

You didn’t.

 

What are you trying to sell/scam?

That's not very nice, especially for a bloke in your condition....🤕

[G_Money]

5 minutes ago, transam said:

That's not very nice, especially for a bloke in your condition....🤕

So you used to be a telemarketer?  Figures.

 

Couldn’t keep a real job for more than a month?

 

What were you trying to sell/scam?  Timeshares in the Midlands?

 

How many times were you hung up on?  99%.

Edited June 14 by G_Money

[SAFETY FIRST]

9 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

Are doctors exempt?

Yep, I'm a gynecologist. 

Lots of work for me, soi 6.

 

[transam]

2 minutes ago, G_Money said:

So you used to be a telemarketer?  Figures.

 

Couldn’t keep a real job for more than a month?

 

What were you trying to sell/scam?  Timeshares in the Midlands?

 

How many times were you hung up on?  99%.

Me, telesales, hmmm, wrong again..........🤕

 

I am beginning to worry about you, can't you spend a bit more time out of your flat, join a Derby & Joan club, oh, you've already done that, I forgot about your Bingo outings, sorry...🤗

[impulse]

9 hours ago, cdemundo said:

You must be able to do a job that a Thai person cannot do or you are considered to be taking a job from a Thai.

 

That's not accurate.  There is a list of jobs that foreigners are not allowed to do.  But foreigners can do jobs that Thai people can do, as long as the job is not on the restricted list. 

 

The foreigner needs to have a work permit, which requires their employer to pay 4 Thai people for every foreigner on staff, and pay income tax on 30,000, 50,000 or 80,000 a month to keep the WP renewed, depending on what category the work falls under.  (there may be other categories that require paying income tax on lower or higher amounts.  Agriculture, for example).

 

If a foreigner couldn't take a job that a Thai could do, there would be no Lao farmworkers, Cambodian hotel maids, or Burmese fishermen.  Or any permutations...

 

For most of us from the nanny states, the biggest hurdle is competing with Thai employees who generally work a lot cheaper than we're accustomed to.  Unless we have a special skill.

 

[georgegeorgia]

22 minutes ago, transam said:

Me, telesales, hmmm, wrong again..........🤕

 

I am beginning to worry about you, can't you spend a bit more time out of your flat, join a Derby & Joan club, oh, you've already done that, I forgot about your Bingo outings, sorry...🤗

Don't pick on the ...bingo !

I remember when I was a kid going with my parents ,the number caller was saying funny names to describe the numbers ..."two day ladies ...88 ...

Wonder if he could say that nowadays?