Working In Thailand: What To Expect?

Several financial and legislative constraints to which employers may want to employ a stranger are subject to barriers between you and your accession to work in Thailand. Any employer who wishes to hire a non-Thai person has the obligation to:

·         That the company have a capital of 2 million baht per foreign employee

·         To hire 4 Thai people per employee "farang" (which means foreigner in Thai)

·         To accompany you and pay the "Work Permit"

·         To pay you 50,000 baht minimum

In addition, the Thai State reserves some of its professional sectors exclusively to its citizens, and there is a list of trade prohibited to foreigners, mainly handicrafts, or specific skills.

What conclusions are drawn?

From the company's point of view, employing a stranger represents an additional payroll. In order for the company to choose to hire you, you must offer specific skills to work in Thailand. As you have understood, you must be of particular interest to the company to hire you and to work in Thailand, because here it already has a skilled workforce with lower wage claims. To be able to apply, it is very often asked to have a Bachelor's Degree. Speaking English, which means being able to understand a conversation beyond "Hello, how are you? Are you hungry? Yes I want eat Som Tam ». Well you can always g for TEFL training in Thailand to be sure you will be preferred over other candidates. And finally, you will need a lot of dedication because if your remuneration will be higher than that of the locals, you will need to put in more effort.