webfact Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 5.9% pay hike forecast for ThailandThe NationBANGKOK: -- Salaries in Thailand are expected to go up by 5.9 per cent in 2015, according to global consulting firm Mercer in its recently released annual labour market research.This is despite the poor economic outlook in the country, with some economists foreseeing the growth rate below 3 per cent.Across Asia Pacific, salaries are expected to increase by an average of 7.3 per cent in 2015. Regionally, wages in the Philippines are expected to rise by 6.5 per cent. Salaries in India and Vietnam are expected to increase by double-digits this year (10.8 per cent and 10.3 per cent, respectively), the highest levels in the region, followed by Indonesia (9.4 per cent), China (7.9 per cent) and the Philippines (6.5 per cent).Other countries included in the study were Malaysia (5.7 per cent ), South Korea (4.9 per cent), Hong Kong (4.6 per cent), Singapore (4.1 per cent), Taiwan (3.9 per cent), Australia (3.5 per cent) and Japan (2.2 per cent).Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/5-9-pay-hike-forecast-for-Thailand-30266720.html-- The Nation 2015-08-17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatOngo Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 5.9% pay hike forecast for Thailand This should increase personal spending by 27.51%............the economy is BACK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prbkk Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 (edited) Lunacy. In these times wages growth should be limited to CPI/Inflation index, at most. One could bet much of this increase relates to the Bangkok blood-suckers rather than those who need it most. Edited August 17, 2015 by Prbkk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesetat2013 Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Just as in the last pay rate increase it mostly applied to gov workers and factories and in big cities. Out in the rural areas no wage increase was noticed. Just an observation though. Also, the last wage increase brought about increases in market prices as well as a 5-10 baht increase in prepared foods with less portions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 5.9% of next to nothing for most workers,its no surprise that so many are in debit,low wages ,high prices. regards Worgeordie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whyamiandwhatamidoinghere Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 5.9% pay hike forecast for Thailand This should increase personal spending by 27.51%............the economy is BACK! Yup... That will increase consumer personal spending by a half a bowl of noodles per the working poor. One more Lamborghini for the rich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konying Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 5.9% of next to nothing for most workers,its no surprise that so many are in debit,low wages ,high prices. regards Worgeordie People are in debt because they buy what they can not afford and many more are in debt because they work for 1 month out of 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robblok Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Lunacy. In these times wages growth should be limited to CPI/Inflation index, at most. One could bet much of this increase relates to the Bangkok blood-suckers rather than those who need it most. What blood suckers in Bangkok ? People moan about Bangkok all the time while there are many normal people living here, they make up the majority. With propaganda like that no wonder the reds wanted to burn down Bangkok and now even foreigners demonize Bangkok. You should look up the statistics and see how many normal people work here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkokfrog Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 The article used the word "salaries", so I expect they got the data by surveying big (possibly multinational) companies here. As usual the Nation didn't do any further reporting than simply repeating a press release. I can't see anything in it for 95% of Thai workers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h90 Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 5.9% of next to nothing for most workers,its no surprise that so many are in debit,low wages ,high prices. regards Worgeordie People are in debt because they buy what they can not afford and many more are in debt because they work for 1 month out of 12 yes earning 15.000 Baht per month but own a Galaxy S 5 (soon 6), a new motorbike, a new car a new laptop and of course a large flatscreen. I'll never understand how they can finance that.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneday Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Highly unlikely salaries of poor workers, which are the vast majority of workers, are going anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konying Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Lunacy. In these times wages growth should be limited to CPI/Inflation index, at most. One could bet much of this increase relates to the Bangkok blood-suckers rather than those who need it most. What blood suckers in Bangkok ? People moan about Bangkok all the time while there are many normal people living here, they make up the majority. With propaganda like that no wonder the reds wanted to burn down Bangkok and now even foreigners demonize Bangkok. You should look up the statistics and see how many normal people work here. Its the usual poor n lazy man syndrome to blame the rich for them being poor. Some believe laziness should be rewarded, while hard working should be punished. Like farmers, who could go work elsewhere for 10 months of the year instead of swinging in hammocks getting drunk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konying Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Highly unlikely salaries of poor workers, which are the vast majority of workers, are going anywhere. minimum wage is not, it does not mean no yearly pay rise for loyal, hardworking productive staff. Thats not to say, some believe if they just show up to work for 1 year they deserve pay rise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prbkk Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Lunacy. In these times wages growth should be limited to CPI/Inflation index, at most. One could bet much of this increase relates to the Bangkok blood-suckers rather than those who need it most. What blood suckers in Bangkok ? People moan about Bangkok all the time while there are many normal people living here, they make up the majority. With propaganda like that no wonder the reds wanted to burn down Bangkok and now even foreigners demonize Bangkok. You should look up the statistics and see how many normal people work here. Its the usual poor n lazy man syndrome to blame the rich for them being poor. Some believe laziness should be rewarded, while hard working should be punished. Like farmers, who could go work elsewhere for 10 months of the year instead of swinging in hammocks getting drunk. I'm not talking about hard workers but rather the great bloated bureaucracy of Bangkok, most of whom couldn't work in an iron lung but retain a sense of entitlement that defies reason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robblok Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Lunacy. In these times wages growth should be limited to CPI/Inflation index, at most. One could bet much of this increase relates to the Bangkok blood-suckers rather than those who need it most. What blood suckers in Bangkok ? People moan about Bangkok all the time while there are many normal people living here, they make up the majority. With propaganda like that no wonder the reds wanted to burn down Bangkok and now even foreigners demonize Bangkok. You should look up the statistics and see how many normal people work here. Its the usual poor n lazy man syndrome to blame the rich for them being poor. Some believe laziness should be rewarded, while hard working should be punished. Like farmers, who could go work elsewhere for 10 months of the year instead of swinging in hammocks getting drunk. I'm not talking about hard workers but rather the great bloated bureaucracy of Bangkok, most of whom couldn't work in an iron lung but retain a sense of entitlement that defies reason What bloated bureaucracy ? Be specific ? and to think there is only bureaucracy in BKK is crazy and they make out like the whole of Bangkok is bad. Sounds a lot like those people wanting to burn BKK, oh o forgot you are on that side so demonizing BKK fits right in your alley. As for bureaucracy and corruption should be a lot less all over the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratcatcher Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 5.9% of next to nothing for most workers,its no surprise that so many are in debit,low wages ,high prices. regards Worgeordie People are in debt because they buy what they can not afford and many more are in debt because they work for 1 month out of 12 yes earning 15.000 Baht per month but own a Galaxy S 5 (soon 6), a new motorbike, a new car a new laptop and of course a large flatscreen. I'll never understand how they can finance that.... But hey, their friends are sure impressed eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h90 Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Lunacy. In these times wages growth should be limited to CPI/Inflation index, at most. One could bet much of this increase relates to the Bangkok blood-suckers rather than those who need it most. What blood suckers in Bangkok ? People moan about Bangkok all the time while there are many normal people living here, they make up the majority. With propaganda like that no wonder the reds wanted to burn down Bangkok and now even foreigners demonize Bangkok. You should look up the statistics and see how many normal people work here. Its the usual poor n lazy man syndrome to blame the rich for them being poor. Some believe laziness should be rewarded, while hard working should be punished. Like farmers, who could go work elsewhere for 10 months of the year instead of swinging in hammocks getting drunk. While you are right, the school system doesn't give equal chances. Farmers Somchai son in Nakhon Nowhere, no matter how smart won't get the same education as some rich boy and won't end as university professor. No matter how hard he tries. Good schools on the country side wouldn't brake the bank and would help a lot. It would also help the rich to get an educated work force Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h90 Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 5.9% of next to nothing for most workers,its no surprise that so many are in debit,low wages ,high prices. regards Worgeordie People are in debt because they buy what they can not afford and many more are in debt because they work for 1 month out of 12 yes earning 15.000 Baht per month but own a Galaxy S 5 (soon 6), a new motorbike, a new car a new laptop and of course a large flatscreen. I'll never understand how they can finance that.... But hey, their friends are sure impressed eh? Sure...and that is the important thing.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thian Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Lunacy. In these times wages growth should be limited to CPI/Inflation index, at most. One could bet much of this increase relates to the Bangkok blood-suckers rather than those who need it most. Those "bloodsuckers" provide loads of unskilled jobs though. Gardeners, security, maids, cooks, construction, car-engineers and so on. Without them there wouldn't be any export at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thequietman Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Foreign teacher salaries will however, remain the same since 1985. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srikcir Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Lunacy. In these times wages growth should be limited to CPI/Inflation index, at most. One could bet much of this increase relates to the Bangkok blood-suckers rather than those who need it most. What blood suckers in Bangkok ? People moan about Bangkok all the time while there are many normal people living here, they make up the majority. With propaganda like that no wonder the reds wanted to burn down Bangkok and now even foreigners demonize Bangkok. You should look up the statistics and see how many normal people work here. "while there are many normal people living here, they make up the majority." The majority of what? Priviledged class? From various 2014 and 2015 Thai population searches is the following DATA: - 35% of the population is urban and of that amount about 63% of the urban population is in the Bangkok area. - birth rate in urban areas is declining in comparison to nonurban areas. - 32% of employed workers are in agriculture. - Central and Northeast regions have the highest unemployment rates. - Bangkok has one of the highest population densities but is the smallest regions. <anti junta comment removed - please be careful with posts> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabot Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Foreign teacher salaries will however, remain the same since 1985. That's not true at all. Mine goes up 7% every year. Sent from my HTC One using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NongKhaiKid Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Lunacy. In these times wages growth should be limited to CPI/Inflation index, at most. One could bet much of this increase relates to the Bangkok blood-suckers rather than those who need it most. What blood suckers in Bangkok ? People moan about Bangkok all the time while there are many normal people living here, they make up the majority. With propaganda like that no wonder the reds wanted to burn down Bangkok and now even foreigners demonize Bangkok. You should look up the statistics and see how many normal people work here. Its the usual poor n lazy man syndrome to blame the rich for them being poor. Some believe laziness should be rewarded, while hard working should be punished. Like farmers, who could go work elsewhere for 10 months of the year instead of swinging in hammocks getting drunk. While you are right, the school system doesn't give equal chances. Farmers Somchai son in Nakhon Nowhere, no matter how smart won't get the same education as some rich boy and won't end as university professor. No matter how hard he tries. Good schools on the country side wouldn't brake the bank and would help a lot. It would also help the rich to get an educated work force The only thing is, as an ex-gf used to point out that the govt / elite don't want the people well educated as they would then be able to see through the BS and understand how the country is run for the benefit of those and such as those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robblok Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Lunacy. In these times wages growth should be limited to CPI/Inflation index, at most. One could bet much of this increase relates to the Bangkok blood-suckers rather than those who need it most. What blood suckers in Bangkok ? People moan about Bangkok all the time while there are many normal people living here, they make up the majority. With propaganda like that no wonder the reds wanted to burn down Bangkok and now even foreigners demonize Bangkok. You should look up the statistics and see how many normal people work here. "while there are many normal people living here, they make up the majority." The majority of what? Priviledged class? From various 2014 and 2015 Thai population searches is the following DATA: - 35% of the population is urban and of that amount about 63% of the urban population is in the Bangkok area. - birth rate in urban areas is declining in comparison to nonurban areas. - 32% of employed workers are in agriculture. - Central and Northeast regions have the highest unemployment rates. - Bangkok has one of the highest population densities but is the smallest regions. popul1.gif <anti junta comment removed - please be careful with posts> You obviously haven't lived or worked in BKK and have no idea about it. Real stupid actually to think that the majority of working people in BKK are government and government employees and military. I wager you that the majority is private businesses and those people are no different from other people around the country. I have lived in the outskirts of BKK for a long while and your statement is absolutely B.S. No way it could be so top heavy there are 15 million or more people in Bangkok lets assume 40% is working that would make 6 million people. To say that 50% is government employees makes that 3 million. Comparing that with the PDF of how how work is divide shows you how stupid your remarks are. That would leave no government officials or teachers anywhere else in the country. http://web.nso.go.th/en/survey/data_survey/070815_summary_July58.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derator01 Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 A post violating forum rules has been edited. Please be careful with posts about the current government. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soutpeel Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Foreign teacher salaries will however, remain the same since 1985. I am sure that is not true for the real teachers who actually have teaching degree's and experience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soutpeel Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Lunacy. In these times wages growth should be limited to CPI/Inflation index, at most. One could bet much of this increase relates to the Bangkok blood-suckers rather than those who need it most. What blood suckers in Bangkok ? People moan about Bangkok all the time while there are many normal people living here, they make up the majority. With propaganda like that no wonder the reds wanted to burn down Bangkok and now even foreigners demonize Bangkok. You should look up the statistics and see how many normal people work here. Its the usual poor n lazy man syndrome to blame the rich for them being poor. Some believe laziness should be rewarded, while hard working should be punished. Like farmers, who could go work elsewhere for 10 months of the year instead of swinging in hammocks getting drunk. While you are right, the school system doesn't give equal chances. Farmers Somchai son in Nakhon Nowhere, no matter how smart won't get the same education as some rich boy and won't end as university professor. No matter how hard he tries. Good schools on the country side wouldn't brake the bank and would help a lot. It would also help the rich to get an educated work force The only thing is, as an ex-gf used to point out that the govt / elite don't want the people well educated as they would then be able to see through the BS and understand how the country is run for the benefit of those and such as those. Fact is though education never enlightened people in UK or other farangistan countries as to the way those countries are being run for the benefit of few either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konying Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Lunacy. In these times wages growth should be limited to CPI/Inflation index, at most. One could bet much of this increase relates to the Bangkok blood-suckers rather than those who need it most. What blood suckers in Bangkok ? People moan about Bangkok all the time while there are many normal people living here, they make up the majority. With propaganda like that no wonder the reds wanted to burn down Bangkok and now even foreigners demonize Bangkok. You should look up the statistics and see how many normal people work here. Its the usual poor n lazy man syndrome to blame the rich for them being poor. Some believe laziness should be rewarded, while hard working should be punished. Like farmers, who could go work elsewhere for 10 months of the year instead of swinging in hammocks getting drunk. While you are right, the school system doesn't give equal chances. Farmers Somchai son in Nakhon Nowhere, no matter how smart won't get the same education as some rich boy and won't end as university professor. No matter how hard he tries. Good schools on the country side wouldn't brake the bank and would help a lot. It would also help the rich to get an educated work force It's no different to anywhere else in the world . Son of a factory worker does not go to Harvard it does not mean though that a grandson may not if father and grandfather worked hard. Not everyone rich was born rich, many generations worked to get to wealth and keeping the wealth is just as hard as gaining it. Not to mention not all are born with mental capacity to attend a real school Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NongKhaiKid Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Post #27 last sentence - but with freedom of speech, investigative journalism, a working rule of law and elections to mention but a few points something can be done about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NongKhaiKid Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 (edited) Sorry, another double post. Edited August 17, 2015 by NongKhaiKid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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