Loptr Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 I saw this chart on another site and thought to post it here. It appears that Thailand has the lowest unemployment rate in the known universe. If I were from Greece, I'd be heading to Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemoncake Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 I would love to see a chart on productivity and where Thailand would rank 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeverSure Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 BS. I know several people in Thailand who are looking for work. I see lots of shiftless drunks doing nothing in Isaan. I see lots of people barely making it with food carts or bringing farm produce to local markets. That's "employed?" Where's my BS flag? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemoncake Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 BS. I know several people in Thailand who are looking for work. I see lots of shiftless drunks doing nothing in Isaan. I see lots of people barely making it with food carts or bringing farm produce to local markets. That's "employed?" Where's my BS flag? Here you go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisinth Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Perhaps some knowledgeable person could tell me what the figures of low unemployment are based on. Is it: % of population of said country % of certain age groups of said country % of actual tax payers of said country % of people employed in registered companies of said country. Or is it just another bunch of numbers, displayed as statistics in a pretty graph to impress.....................someone! Its not a trick question, I really am interested 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrens54 Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Could it be that the unemployed/unemployable in Thailand are just too lazy to register? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Payboy Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Watching rice grow is a full time occupation, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Perhaps some knowledgeable person could tell me what the figures of low unemployment are based on. Is it: % of population of said country % of certain age groups of said country % of actual tax payers of said country % of people employed in registered companies of said country. Or is it just another bunch of numbers, displayed as statistics in a pretty graph to impress.....................someone! Its not a trick question, I really am interested Not 100% sure but UK figures are based on the number of people who are actually registered as unemployed for the purpose of claiming benefits or whatever. Don't know how that would work in Thailand, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapout Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 When you consider how numbers seem to be generated by Thai government officials, the head count for unemployed has always raised a lot of questions. The self employed footpath stand people are not in the system, high season tourist related workers, what about monks/novices in temples, farmers who have 1 rice crop/year, those working on commission, business which uses piece work pay for labor, etc There is such a high % of the Thai's who are never registered nor covered by the unemployement system, how they can even offer a unemployed number is amazing. This is a Thai thing that I do not understand, but little importance really seems to be asigned it it. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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