Thailand KFC Faces Employee Lawsuit For Unfair Practices

[REM]

Price of KFC in Bangkok about 130 baht

Price is KFC in New Zealand 140 Baht

Wages for staff in New Zealand $13 hour = 290 baht an hour

Wages for staff in Bangkok 27 baht an hour

KFC, restaurant brands in New Zealand still make a profit when they pay 10 times more in wages than thailand and charge the same price

Also the chicken is no doubt sourced cheaper here too

I am a capitalist but when I see the disgusting super profits these businessmen make while paying their staff nothing so they can buy their latest merc to show their friends

it makes me want to be a socialist

Same goes for McD.

As long as their is cheap supply of labour in Thailand the chinese will continue to make massive profits

While you definitely make a good point, the real issue is completely missed here. In NZ, you have a higher cost of living, as well as more educated and independently thinking employees, no matter at what level. Those two factors require that the employee be paid more. Minimum wage laws dictate what an employee should be paid, and change country to country. The company can charge whatever it deems fit for it's products, and well, since the product is supposed to be 90% the same menu from country to country, they can choose to keep the price the same as well. It's only logical to know that minimum wage is higher in developed countries as opposed to developing countries. So lets imagine that KFC, McD's, Pizza Hut and BK all started to pay their employees the same wage that they get paid in NZ or any other developed country. Now you have a class of fast food workers that are making more than college grads in BKK!!!! How fair is that? It's about utilizing economies of scale (where it's to your advantage, of course), and the whole reason companies decide to enter different markets is based on the labor costs, and projected profitability. Also, I do not know Thai labor law that well, but how I agree that these employees should be able to use company resources and time to give a better work life to other employees, but with misrepresentation to achieve their goals, is basically coercion to obtain the signatures, so I think, if that is true, the case should be thrown out, but a side investigation should ensue.

While I see the fallacy in the actions, I do not see it in the logic in your argument. If KFC had to start supplying their employees with free meals and bus rides, don't you think that the people would start trying to bring their families in for lunch on the bus for free? While I agree that the inflation rate is going up, and ALL employees in Thailand should be getting raises equal to or higher than the inflation rate, just as companies raise their prices, It won't happen. If company wide changed like this happened, our food prices would probably go up at double the price of inflation, and then everyone on this forum would be complaining about high food costs. I don't think it's a question of socialism or capitalism, but a question or social responsibility.

[Tanlic]

I suppose it's all relative. It's a bit cheaper for a customer to buy a box of Chicken from KFC in Bangkok but not tht much cheaper, as it is in London eg. but surely being a Western company they should at least set an example and be seen to be above the Thai noodle stall owner struggling for aliving who can't pay much more than 27 Baht ph.

. My good friend points out the difference is prices here compared to New Zealand which is shocking to say the least but I don't know if their is a surcharge from the Thai government on these fast food chains or what? To be honest i think the prices here are extotinate for what they sell which is basically ordinary chicken crap mashed potatoto and burgers you can buy better for 20 baht from 7/11. Good food aint their thing its just handy and a good place for people to meet they sell.

5-6k per month is barely enough for any single person to live on in Bangkok at the lowest level. Too bad if they don't live on a bus route because then they end up working for next to nothing if they take the job

An old friend of mines, wife, works in top management with a similar organisation and competitor.

She told me a couple of years back that she has so much choice she won't even interveiw kids who don't have a university degree. I thought she was joking but she was deadly serious.

This is only my opinion but these fast food chains are expensive by Thai standards and they are exploiting Thai people. Nothing new for any fast food chain..

I suppose if KFC powers that be cared they could easily have set a system up where they set the minimum wage Franchisee to avoid this sort of scandal. I doubt if caring is something that's high on their agenda.

I've seen the staff all lined up being trained a couple of times. There they all are being told to take pride in themselves and their work because this is KCF and the poor kids can' hardly afford the fair to get there.

Somehow they turn themsleves clean and smart and happy. These people don't know how lucky they are to have them and should pay a decent <deleted> wage.

Bangkok is no longer part of the 3rd World it's a buzzing international city but these kids get 3rd world wages which seems unfair.

At the end of theday I have no idea who sets the wages for the employees. The Franchisor or the Franchisee but I would imagine it's the latter and the former won't be happy at this adverse publicity.

[djayz]

I suppose Toyota employees should also get a brand new car for free!

Forced to eat noodles ??? I doubt anyone forced them. Do not like noodles go buy what you like!

Left overs food, as in unsold food! How is that leftovers??? Why should company put up a banquet for the staff?

Travel allowance? Is that a joke? Do not like to work or finish late, find another job!

Were paid ONLY 27 baht per hour?? Well that's ONLY the salary in Thailand . Are employees brain surgeons? Or highly educated staff ??

There is nothing unfair in removing those who disturb company operations. They used company time and money for their own agenda, further more they did not contact the management to voice their concerns prior to creating a problem .

If you ask me, nothing but 2 gold diggers trying to make some money.

KFC is a business and profits it makes is not an employees business . If employee has a problem with company profits, they are welcome to open their own.

WELL SAID,, if the thais was not in such a BIG RUSH TO BE LIKE SOME WESTERN COUNTRY'S they would appreciate the Extra Monies to help their families... but their a greatest GREED level is at the very bottom of the economic latter.. I call it BAR GIRL FEVER.. a lot of people think the west is SO rich... they dint realize KFC in USA is designed for High School and college Kid living at home with parents..Thais think of it as a High paying Fortune 500 company...LOL.. all they want is a NEW Home an a Stupid Foreigner to buy it.. CASE CLOSE!!

Maybe you shoud vent your agner some where else... these are POOR people from "upcountry" with little or not chance of making a DECENT living. They serve people like you and me day in, day out for a few pennies. If the company is makeing 5 to 6 billion profit, then surely it can also afford to pay the employees a salary that allows them to live a half decent, normal life. What's wrong with that?

You strike me as being one of these "stupid foreigners" who bought a new home for an Issan girl (in her name) and lost it all. Then you come here to vent your anger. Am I right?

[metisdead]

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[dunkin2012]

If you have a problem with KFC or any other company then remmeber your voice is your voice. Be heard.....don't eat there. Couldn't be simpler. This is probably more powerful than your democratic voice. How many people who are complaining on here will visit KFC in the next month for some "finger licking good" chicken?

I have made a promise to myself to NEVER eat in McDonald's again. Not because they are successful, but because their food is fairly tasteless, overpriced and often not hot....not to mention the calorie content. This is my choice, you are welcome to eat there if it makes you happy. This is your choice. Certainly fairer than your "democratic" vote.

talking 'bout the fact.... I don't mean to be rude..

i am sure Mc Donalds make their foods with much better quality than KFC.

as far as I know they have a contact with internationalservicecheck , mystery shoppers to observe their restaurant worldwide. If i'm not wrong, there will be monthly and conducting includes the taste, the staffs, the hygiene , the length of serving time and so on......

comparing with KFC . it's very huge different. but i don't go both of them as i am a vegetarian.....

the (Mc Donalds)wage i don't know.

[FOODLOVER]

The whole of big business is disgusting,

The best thing the elite pulled off is letting us think we are free, but the fact is we are modern day slaves forced into shit education and programing to keep the elite few richer and richer.

Wake up,

Im proud that those "Thai" KFC employees are waking up on some level, can us expats say th same?

Some expats here think its unions ruining america or the west. Grow up (in a free thinking way), its the military industrial complex led by the elite.... do some research.

"the obama deception" is a good place to start,,,,, movie on Youtube

Huh??

I'm glad they woke up as well, so now they can bring me my chicken and go back to sleep.

[kuffki]

I suppose Toyota employees should also get a brand new car for free!

Forced to eat noodles ??? I doubt anyone forced them. Do not like noodles go buy what you like!

Left overs food, as in unsold food! How is that leftovers??? Why should company put up a banquet for the staff?

Travel allowance? Is that a joke? Do not like to work or finish late, find another job!

Were paid ONLY 27 baht per hour?? Well that's ONLY the salary in Thailand . Are employees brain surgeons? Or highly educated staff ??

There is nothing unfair in removing those who disturb company operations. They used company time and money for their own agenda, further more they did not contact the management to voice their concerns prior to creating a problem .

If you ask me, nothing but 2 gold diggers trying to make some money.

KFC is a business and profits it makes is not an employees business . If employee has a problem with company profits, they are welcome to open their own.

WELL SAID,, if the thais was not in such a BIG RUSH TO BE LIKE SOME WESTERN COUNTRY'S they would appreciate the Extra Monies to help their families... but their a greatest GREED level is at the very bottom of the economic latter.. I call it BAR GIRL FEVER.. a lot of people think the west is SO rich... they dint realize KFC in USA is designed for High School and college Kid living at home with parents..Thais think of it as a High paying Fortune 500 company...LOL.. all they want is a NEW Home an a Stupid Foreigner to buy it.. CASE CLOSE!!

Maybe you shoud vent your agner some where else... these are POOR people from "upcountry" with little or not chance of making a DECENT living. They serve people like you and me day in, day out for a few pennies. If the company is makeing 5 to 6 billion profit, then surely it can also afford to pay the employees a salary that allows them to live a half decent, normal life. What's wrong with that?

You strike me as being one of these "stupid foreigners" who bought a new home for an Issan girl (in her name) and lost it all. Then you come here to vent your anger. Am I right?

who is your post addressed to?

[anotheruser]

I suppose Toyota employees should also get a brand new car for free!

Forced to eat noodles ??? I doubt anyone forced them. Do not like noodles go buy what you like!

Left overs food, as in unsold food! How is that leftovers??? Why should company put up a banquet for the staff?

Travel allowance? Is that a joke? Do not like to work or finish late, find another job!

Were paid ONLY 27 baht per hour?? Well that's ONLY the salary in Thailand . Are employees brain surgeons? Or highly educated staff ??

There is nothing unfair in removing those who disturb company operations. They used company time and money for their own agenda, further more they did not contact the management to voice their concerns prior to creating a problem .

If you ask me, nothing but 2 gold diggers trying to make some money.

KFC is a business and profits it makes is not an employees business . If employee has a problem with company profits, they are welcome to open their own.

WELL SAID,, if the thais was not in such a BIG RUSH TO BE LIKE SOME WESTERN COUNTRY'S they would appreciate the Extra Monies to help their families... but their a greatest GREED level is at the very bottom of the economic latter.. I call it BAR GIRL FEVER.. a lot of people think the west is SO rich... they dint realize KFC in USA is designed for High School and college Kid living at home with parents..Thais think of it as a High paying Fortune 500 company...LOL.. all they want is a NEW Home an a Stupid Foreigner to buy it.. CASE CLOSE!!

I will cringe if you ever compliment me or agree with me. That being said isn't 27x8=216 the minimum wage in Thailand? There are people in BKK that work much harder jobs for the same.

[Thaddeus]

Nobody is forced to work for any employer.

If the working conditions, pay and other benefits are unsatisfactory to them, they may leave and seek employment elsewhere.

Quite, in my entire working history I have never expected to be provided food at my employers expense, or expected them to pay for me to get to and from my place of employment.

If they asked me to wear a crap uniform and perform some form of company song in front of customers however, that may be grounds for a complaint.

No grounds for complaint Thad if it was a condition of employment at the outset and you accepted.

Well yes, that was rather the point Nick, it isn't like they accepted the job only to find out that they were going to get water boarded in break times.

If an employer offers an employee anything of value, no matter how small, that isn't in the original terms of employment, then that is a bonus.

I wonder if they declared the noodles on their tax returns.

[Gonsalviz]

Price of KFC in Bangkok about 130 baht

Price is KFC in New Zealand 140 Baht

Wages for staff in New Zealand $13 hour = 290 baht an hour

Wages for staff in Bangkok 27 baht an hour

KFC, restaurant brands in New Zealand still make a profit when they pay 10 times more in wages than thailand and charge the same price

Also the chicken is no doubt sourced cheaper here too

I am a capitalist but when I see the disgusting super profits these businessmen make while paying their staff nothing so they can buy their latest merc to show their friends

it makes me want to be a socialist

Same goes for McD.

As long as their is cheap supply of labour in Thailand the chinese will continue to make massive profits

Chinese explains it all. Although if they could get Chinese to work at these places they would pay them the same.

And I do not go to 7-11 for the same reason. I would much rather pay the local shops a few extra than to pay a multi national.

Western food in Thailand is a waste of time and money. Fast food is faster and better if it is Thai food and it is cheaper.

[johnefallis]

Is it me or does Colonel Sanders look Chinese?

Haha

[dunkin2012]

Don´t forget to use the TIP-BOX next time you visit KFC:-)

I've often wondered about the tip boxes in such places. I'd like to know if the employees really get to keep the tips or does the tip money also flow into the restaurants' tills and into the owners pockets?

i rather not visit these restaurants if i have to feel this way. It's not my responsibility. the owner(s) should support them.

[FOODLOVER]

Dear friends,

And with that money they have to pay for their accommodation, food, clothes, shoes, educate their children and have some fun once a week.

Good idea but I can't make the right calculation.

On the other side, no one will give them a rise if they do not fight.

If they don't fight they will live worse and worse.

If they lift the boycott on KFC food I am gonna support them.

Try imagine being on BHT 27 a week.

A bottle of Leo beer is 48 baht.

So sad

How much a week ?????---------------------when on low wages you shouldn't be trying to buy the Thai quality beers, if you do you won't have much money left. I'll bet they all have a mobile /motorbike on the low wage. Sorry but in my young working life earning 125 bht a WEEK, paying my mother 60 baht, I didn't have a push bike let alone have money for beer.

I'm not grumbling and the times were harder then than here. But yes money paid is not excessive by any means, but it is not a bad start, if you are willing to NOT have the luxuries earlier and save. get an improved job later, Thai people move around these days to get more money. We did all those years ago--I went to London got work and improved my wage 3 fold. It's not all gloom here, but it is if you want it to be.

Refreshing Thai perspective!

[arthurwait]

Current data from BOI Thailand Listed in "Cost of Doing Business in Thailand.

"The minimum wage in Thailand is currently 206 baht per day in Bangkok and slightly less in the provinces."

Don't be surprised if that is worked out over a 5 day - 8 hours a day week, but they actually have to work 7 days a week, 12 hours a day to get it, in most places, especially small businesses.

One place that a one of my brother in laws employees left in Esarn before coming to him paid 80 baht a day making dresses. No air con or food either.

Edited May 10, 2011 by arthurwait

[Shurup]

Even if it's not (but it's more then) a min wage, they had a choice to take that job.

Isn't it the reason many farangs chose to live in Thailand because it's cheap? Lets go ahead, bump the min wages up to the Wstern standarts, wait till EVERYTHING goes up in price and then wine about why LOS is so expensive!

Someone mentioned slavery? I didn't see them chained to their workplaces. They are willingly accepted their positions and conditions.

[Trouble]

Thailand has few laws on the books to protect labor. Those it does have are ignored. It is common practice for large companies to give blood tests before hiring employees as they don't want to be on the hook for health care costs, that is IF they provide health benefits. Some companies require yearly blood tests and I know of one instance of someone being terminated because HIV showed up on a blood test. This was for a person employed by the company for years, despite the fact that there are some laws on the books preventing such tests. Another acquaintance with a Masters Degree (has HIV also)is trying to find work and finding it very difficult because of the required blood tests the companies give in volation of the law. Students getting out of college get decent jobs only if they have connections or even pay bribes. One has to feel sorry for workers at all levels as the companies are free to do what they want. There seems to be little in the way of fair labor laws in a country where corruption is the norm. While the specifics of the KFC issue are not clear, every time I go into a fast food establishment in Thailand I know they are being paid very little and obviously 5,000 or 6,000 baht a month won't allow anyone to live independently. Whatever the minimum wage is, if there is one, you can bet it is not enough to live on independently, particularly in the cities.

[Chiangmai Cheers]

Maybe if they showed a bit of manners, one could feel sorry for them. My heart bleeds

[Interman]

The whole of big business is disgusting,

The best thing the elite pulled off is letting us think we are free, but the fact is we are modern day slaves forced into shit education and programing to keep the elite few richer and richer.

Wake up,

Im proud that those "Thai" KFC employees are waking up on some level, can us expats say th same?

Some expats here think its unions ruining america or the west. Grow up (in a free thinking way), its the military industrial complex led by the elite.... do some research.

"the obama deception" is a good place to start,,,,, movie on Youtube

Huh??

That movie opened my eyes and after started deprograming myself. Off topic, KFC is shit food anyways and the reason we can eat the shit chicken they use goes farther than just profits. That goes for probably 95% of foods bought at supermarkets aswell.

Research.

And broaden resources farthr than mass corporate media.

[Lite Beer]

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[KarstenBoAndersen]

Minimum salary is for 8 hours work a day, inclusive 1 free meal.

So those who wrote something else is WRONG !

They should also have social security, it is mandatory by law in Thailand, staff pay 5% and the company pay 5% of their salaries.

If they get one free meal a day, and that is leftovers from the business and instant nuddles, it is not proper food, so i understand that they complain.

So have that in mind next time you go their !

[CPT]

"He said they claimed they were members of the company's welfare committee even though they were not, and that they persuaded others to support their actions. Being in higher positions and claiming they represented the welfare committee, other lower position employees trusted them."

I think the above portion of the article is rather telling. KFC has every right to terminate subversive employees, especially in supervisor positions. Their wages might be low in absolute terms but relative to other similar positions in Thailand they are rather high. Can't imagine why they would complain about being allowed to eat unsold fried chicken.

What sort of job that doesn't require travel pays for your commute? This travel allowance demand seems rather absurd. Sounds like some chicken hawkers value their services a bit too highly and took a shot... it didn't work out and now they are hoping public opinion forces KFC to take them back or offer compensation.

There are a lot of awful labor rights problems in this country but KFC is not amongst them.

[bitterbatter]

Good on the Thai workers for doing something similar to good old union organizing and taking charge of the situation. As for the forced to eat instant noodles, I am sure that is referring to that they work 12 hour shifts and little time to eat, not enough time to eat elsewhere.

[Shurup]

Minimum salary is for 8 hours work a day, inclusive 1 free meal.

So those who wrote something else is WRONG !

They should also have social security, it is mandatory by law in Thailand, staff pay 5% and the company pay 5% of their salaries.

If they get one free meal a day, and that is leftovers from the business and instant nuddles, it is not proper food, so i understand that they complain.

So have that in mind next time you go their !

Paying taxes is also a law, how many Thais pay taxes? Especially those of the lower class population? My guess would be - cloze to 0%.

Leftovers are food left in the plates after customers eat in. Some fast food restaurants I visit once in a while, all the trash and leftovers go into the bin. Somehow I doubt they are being forced to dig into the trash bins to find their free meal.

[dunkin2012]

Thailand has few laws on the books to protect labor. Those it does have are ignored. It is common practice for large companies to give blood tests before hiring employees as they don't want to be on the hook for health care costs, that is IF they provide health benefits. Some companies require yearly blood tests and I know of one instance of someone being terminated because HIV showed up on a blood test. This was for a person employed by the company for years, despite the fact that there are some laws on the books preventing such tests. Another acquaintance with a Masters Degree (has HIV also)is trying to find work and finding it very difficult because of the required blood tests the companies give in volation of the law. Students getting out of college get decent jobs only if they have connections or even pay bribes. One has to feel sorry for workers at all levels as the companies are free to do what they want. There seems to be little in the way of fair labor laws in a country where corruption is the norm. While the specifics of the KFC issue are not clear, every time I go into a fast food establishment in Thailand I know they are being paid very little and obviously 5,000 or 6,000 baht a month won't allow anyone to live independently. Whatever the minimum wage is, if there is one, you can bet it is not enough to live on independently, particularly in the cities.

obviously 5,000 or 6,000 baht a month won't allow anyone to live independently.

that's why. we see Jetski scams, Bar girls, prostitution, crooked taxis, officers corruption, political sh****it and so on.

[fredKroket]

Price of KFC in Bangkok about 130 baht

Price is KFC in New Zealand 140 Baht

Wages for staff in New Zealand $13 hour = 290 baht an hour

Wages for staff in Bangkok 27 baht an hour

KFC, restaurant brands in New Zealand still make a profit when they pay 10 times more in wages than thailand and charge the same price

Also the chicken is no doubt sourced cheaper here too

I am a capitalist but when I see the disgusting super profits these businessmen make while paying their staff nothing so they can buy their latest merc to show their friends

it makes me want to be a socialist

Same goes for McD.

As long as their is cheap supply of labour in Thailand the chinese will continue to make massive profits

Point well-made.

I've always taken notice how I pay the same price for KFC chicken here as in the west. But shocked that employees here make less than 10% of KFC wages in the west.

Some fat cat is pocketing a huge profit margin on the backs of hapless employees who can barely afford the cheapest of BKK's dormitories and transportation beyond the "red bus."

Yes, capitalism at its worst.

Have to agree with you guys, terrible that the world has come to this. It is no wonder that the red and yellow shirts hate each other when this abusive capitalism is such common place in Thai society. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer.

[rfukata]

Price of KFC in Bangkok about 130 baht

Price is KFC in New Zealand 140 Baht

Wages for staff in New Zealand $13 hour = 290 baht an hour

Wages for staff in Bangkok 27 baht an hour

KFC, restaurant brands in New Zealand still make a profit when they pay 10 times more in wages than thailand and charge the same price

Also the chicken is no doubt sourced cheaper here too

I am a capitalist but when I see the disgusting super profits these businessmen make while paying their staff nothing so they can buy their latest merc to show their friends

it makes me want to be a socialist

Same goes for McD.

As long as their is cheap supply of labour in Thailand the chinese will continue to make massive profits

appears that NZ hourly wages for KFC employees outdoes the USA 2011 scale, based on FED. minimum in which most fast food emps are paid.

= Massachuset: $8.00 USD per hour (240 baht hourly)

= Hawaii: $7.25 USD per hour (218 baht hourly)

=NY: $7.25 USD per hour (218 baht hourly)

Iam quite sure no transportation subsidy are paid to the counter emps, their on there own to get to work and home.

one perk for sure, unlimited amount of soft drinks avail - just push the button and bring your own cup.

[bonobo]

Had to "Force" them to eat instant noodles? I call BS!

Let me help you grasp this translation, forced as in all they can afford. Instant noodles are inexpensive. No one held a gun to an employee's head. figurative not literal.

Not commenting on the rest of the complaints, but when I was in high school, after a stint at McDonalds, i worked at a high-end restaurant (well high-end for Des Moines, IA). We were never fed the food we served. The chef would put together something much cheaper for us for our meal. No one thought much about it.

I certainly see no issue should the employees eat instant noodles, which are a popular dish, nor have access to chicken which has exceeded the shelf maximums (as per KFC policy, foods have a certain amount of time to be served after being prepared before they must be taken off the shelf).

[kuffki]

Price of KFC in Bangkok about 130 baht

Price is KFC in New Zealand 140 Baht

Wages for staff in New Zealand $13 hour = 290 baht an hour

Wages for staff in Bangkok 27 baht an hour

KFC, restaurant brands in New Zealand still make a profit when they pay 10 times more in wages than thailand and charge the same price

Also the chicken is no doubt sourced cheaper here too

I am a capitalist but when I see the disgusting super profits these businessmen make while paying their staff nothing so they can buy their latest merc to show their friends

it makes me want to be a socialist

Same goes for McD.

As long as their is cheap supply of labour in Thailand the chinese will continue to make massive profits

Point well-made.

I've always taken notice how I pay the same price for KFC chicken here as in the west. But shocked that employees here make less than 10% of KFC wages in the west.

Some fat cat is pocketing a huge profit margin on the backs of hapless employees who can barely afford the cheapest of BKK's dormitories and transportation beyond the "red bus."

Yes, capitalism at its worst.

Have to agree with you guys, terrible that the world has come to this. It is no wonder that the red and yellow shirts hate each other when this abusive capitalism is such common place in Thai society. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer.

Absolutely. The rich should set up tents outside their homes and give out packs with 1000 000 baht each to all the poor. Because rich became rich by being lazy, uneducated and did not have any desire to work

For rich people, money falls from the sky. They do not really work, but sit around drinking beer every day.

Ever considered there is a start up cost, loyalties, company DOES actually pay tax, charity donations, the fact that you need 5 times the employees to do the job of 1.

Ever been served in under 5 mins even if there were no people at all?

[FOODLOVER]

I suppose Toyota employees should also get a brand new car for free!

Forced to eat noodles ??? I doubt anyone forced them. Do not like noodles go buy what you like!

Left overs food, as in unsold food! How is that leftovers??? Why should company put up a banquet for the staff?

Travel allowance? Is that a joke? Do not like to work or finish late, find another job!

Were paid ONLY 27 baht per hour?? Well that's ONLY the salary in Thailand . Are employees brain surgeons? Or highly educated staff ??

There is nothing unfair in removing those who disturb company operations. They used company time and money for their own agenda, further more they did not contact the management to voice their concerns prior to creating a problem .

If you ask me, nothing but 2 gold diggers trying to make some money.

KFC is a business and profits it makes is not an employees business . If employee has a problem with company profits, they are welcome to open their own.

WELL SAID,, if the thais was not in such a BIG RUSH TO BE LIKE SOME WESTERN COUNTRY'S they would appreciate the Extra Monies to help their families... but their a greatest GREED level is at the very bottom of the economic latter.. I call it BAR GIRL FEVER.. a lot of people think the west is SO rich... they dint realize KFC in USA is designed for High School and college Kid living at home with parents..Thais think of it as a High paying Fortune 500 company...LOL.. all they want is a NEW Home an a Stupid Foreigner to buy it.. CASE CLOSE!!

I will cringe if you ever compliment me or agree with me. That being said isn't 27x8=216 the minimum wage in Thailand? There are people in BKK that work much harder jobs for the same.

too funny

[AgentSmith]

"Each of the employees is valued. We care for everyone. I don't know who is misguiding them (the three terminated employees)," Milind said.

What a statement!!!! The value is 27 Baht per hour!!! What else can you get for 27 Baht? Modern slavery in my opinion.

Modern slavery is everywhere on this planet. Except we call it having to work for your money and it is an accepted reality in our western cultures. In my opinion money is the worst incentive people can have to wake up early every day. All it does, well mostly, is creating mindless jobs such as working in a KFC restaurant, jobs that don't really make people feel any better. Money does not help our global population forward. On the contrary... This transcends all money related political structures such as capitalism and socialism. As long as you HAVE to work for your living you're a slave too. The amount of money you make, per hour or per month, is a difference with KFC employees that only exists in your mind. You stop working for too long, for whatever reason, and you literally suffer the consequences.