Phuket

marc26 · #1 13-09-2005, 02:49

this a 2 part question:
for you guys that have tg's living with you,permanently, in your country, what do they do for a job if any?
and for eevryone else, what kind of jobs do you think would be good for your tg, if she moved to your country?(here comes the-her job is in my bed lines!)

i was thinking this becasue i was waiting for my bagel at the little coffe shop downstairs in my building at weork.
thats what i would probably do, is buy a small business that she could run. or even her being a nanny would not be bad

erik1 · #2 13-09-2005, 02:58

well, knowing our language I don't think she will be working here. But then I would probably move to Phuket (hmm that sounds familiar, when did I hear myself say that before) and set up something there.

Don't think there will be to many jobs for her to do here. Unless ofcourse she is a photoshop wizzard

seafox · #3 13-09-2005, 03:00

let her work in the topless go go bar nearby, she will make big baht and then we can both retire after a few years. But then she will probably leave me as she will be velly rich and I will not be young enough anymore.

Maybe get her to start working on the internet, if her english was good, or a small service business.

Rex7777 · #4 13-09-2005, 03:26

I think a lot would depend on the girl herself and how hard she wanted to work. Depending on her education and language skills, it might not be hard to get a good job. On the other hand, maybe it wouldn't be that simple. I often wonder where the local Thai restaurants find all the Thai girl waitresses. Or rather, what they're doing here in the USA. They talk to each other in Thai, so it's not like they were born here.

Rex

steve@thaib · #5 13-09-2005, 05:17

My opinion on this subject is already out there, and is not really in agreement with everybody elses. For what it's worth, this is my experience.

The girl I married had, and still has, pretty limited English. Not bad, but not good enough to work in a bank/office/shop etc. This severely limits her options.

Also (here we go), they don't integrate in my experience, they gravitate towards their own. She works in a Thai restaurant now and is, on the face of it, very happy. She does not fit here, my family like her but we really don't have any mutual friends.

We treat immigrants pretty poorly in the UK, IMHO, and they tend to get fairly low rent jobs as cleaners/ironers/galley slaves etc.

To answer the question; she seems to be able to have any job that English people consider to be beneath them. Of course, if she was a high-flying genius then her options would be very different.

Coolhand · #6 13-09-2005, 05:21

In my area, I have met thai girls working in the cafe at Tesco, working in thai restaurant, and I know a couple who do domestic cleaning.

Mac · #7 13-09-2005, 05:49

I am always amazed at how class aware Thai people are. They do not live in a classless society at all. I have met Thai women who work in low socio economic jobs but I have also met rich Thai women whose husbands work....

The problem I am struggling with is how to keep a thai girl friend happy when the boyfriend is at work. The thought of an average TG bombing about on the M25 frightens the life out of me and all other sane road users. (evidentially based on how they ride their mopeds).

I am sure that most BG's would not be happy working in a restaurant but possibly a beauty parlour. Unfortuanately in the UK you do need some kind of qualifiaction to be a beautician and doing your friend's makeup doesn't count.

The other thing I note, with regret, is a infantile lack of application. If it doesn't happen now the concept of working towards it seems to be lacking. This is why so many of the girls give up the language courses after a couple of days/weeks.

I am being very hard I know and each girl is obviously different. But I do believe this is generally true.

Mac

Tarzan · #8 13-09-2005, 05:55

My gf study now, but has worked as a waitress in a chinese restaurant, and cooked food in a Thai take away..

Without education and language it is hard to get any other work then waitress, cook or as a cleaner.... Btw, that goes for Swedes too....

Hobbsy · #9 13-09-2005, 08:01

hehe. quite right Mac.

A thai girl in general would like to earn the best money she can get for the least effort.

Guess, thats why being a BG is the option they take so readily.

They will also give up on a business venture if it does not pay out straight away, the concept that a business would lose money for 2-3 years before it started making money is inconceivable - no long term foresight whatsoever

Mav · #10 13-09-2005, 09:14

Perfect job for a tg would be to sleep, eat and watch tv....followed by some more sleeping, then a spot of eating mixed in with a dvd........maybe venturing every so often to do some shopping, so long as the weather is ok.

Nid Noy · #11 13-09-2005, 10:22

I have a TG that lives in BKK. I've considered going the distance with her.

She's got a white collar job at an American company there. She doesn't have to speak English on the job, but it's actually pretty good. She's also got a college degree (BA in Biz). I'm fairly sure she could work a similar job in the U.S., maybe even transfer since the U.S Headquarters is here in SF.

The hard part is convincing her to take on an loud-mouth oaf like myself.

JayBee · #12 13-09-2005, 14:38

Where to work? Easy!

1) Thai restaurant - there are son many of them that they have started employing farangs as waiters in some of them. Last one I aste at last week, my waiter was named Levi. He didn't n a single word of Thai.
2) Coffee shop - Cute girl, no problem!! Don't need to know much English to sell coffee. They actually have the buttons on the cash register with names/pics of the tea, coffee, donuts, cake, etc. for the dumb farang girls who wouldn't know how to ring up a sale if the had to use numbers to do it!!

I was going to say fast food restaurants, too. A few years ago that would have been true. But now I think they would have to know how to speak Spanish so they could talk to the manager and the other employees.

No farangs in McDonald's.

They might be able to work at Home Depot. YOu only need to know how to scan the bar codes on the merchandise to work a cash register there. It's all black girls there, but maybe a brown-skinned TGl could pass!

Capt. Fantastic · #13 13-09-2005, 18:42

I managed to get a Phillipina lady of my acquaintance, the following self-employed gig:

She is a car purchase middleman for other Phillipinos. She speaks English about 5/10 but, more important, she knows the car business. Has a small lot in the home country-- three cars at any one time-- so that was the motivator. Buying a car is a scary proposition made infinitely worse by language barriers. So what this femme does is act as a go-between between the buyers (who she finds by advertising in the Phillipino press locally) and the dealers. Takes a vig plus an upfront fee from the clients.

Took about $4000 US to set the business up, she runs it out of her house. Always drives a new car... which she of course loves.

The point is there are niche markets out there. Maybe your girl has a flair for interior decorating or some other cash-intensive skill. Get the idea?

magnusvv · #14 13-09-2005, 19:13

My gf is planning to come visit for 3 months. My friends have already expressed interest in having her look after their new baby for them while she's here. She was very excited about the idea, especially since the rate of pay was going to be much higher than what she could ever make at home.

I never much thought about anything more permanent, although I bet if she did move out here she'd most likely look for a job in childcare. She does it for free for her family now anyways.

cotambear · #15 13-09-2005, 20:40

If she learned trad thai massage she could make a mint in a beauty shop - maybe 50/50 split with the owner. Girl on girl, (no funny stuff )

fun2have · #16 13-09-2005, 21:22

my village tg keeps asking me what can she do when she comes to OZ.
I said after you finish university(that long to make a visa)
you can work at the factory where my brother is a department manager while you study and learn more english.

She is happy with this thought as she hopes to use her skills in her choosen career in Oz at a later date.

She understands her english must improve 200% to do this so its a long term project.

beuk · #17 14-09-2005, 00:59

My wife used to work in a storage depot. The only thing she had to do was check the barcode and taht was it. It even paid better then my job (saterdays about 500bath an hour sundays 1000 bath an hour weekdays 400 bath an hour) To think that the only people working there were immigrants. Job wasn`t good enough for Belgians. After that she worked in a food factory. Only thing she had to do was to put cans in boxes. She also worked some time in a thai resaurant until the manager decided to ruin his busseniss. Nowadyas she`s going to school to learn for hairdresser. Plenty of jobs if you want to work and look for it.

marc26 · #18 14-09-2005, 02:17

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Originally Posted by beuk

My wife used to work in a storage depot. The only thing she had to do was check the barcode and taht was it. It even paid better then my job (saterdays about 500bath an hour sundays 1000 bath an hour weekdays 400 bath an hour) To think that the only people working there were immigrants. Job wasn`t good enough for Belgians. After that she worked in a food factory. Only thing she had to do was to put cans in boxes. She also worked some time in a thai resaurant until the manager decided to ruin his busseniss. Nowadyas she`s going to school to learn for hairdresser. Plenty of jobs if you want to work and look for it.

again, it all depends on the intelligence of soemone's gf. but, ideally, id like them to do soemthing that is their own. i think they would get more out of it.

fun2have · #19 14-09-2005, 08:12

yes i agree marc maybe the tg could get more enjoyment from her own business.
In my tgs case i said take the easy option work for someone else, which leaves you much time for study.
and a life outside work

I think a business for her will happen when she returns to thailand to live.

Low establishment cost, business with family based support eg workers you can trust, and extended family utilising its product.

I think that is one of the reasons Graham will suceed with his mini mart idea.

lene · #20 14-09-2005, 09:54

I was in berlin last week and saw a lot of TGs there! Met some working as caterers for a function at the office where I was having a meeting.

Some of the girls I met were obviously ex working girls, some didn't look the part at all as they were relatively uh..matronly.They are all really nice and smiled a lot. When I'm in europe I always look out for the thai and filipina women to speak to. (I usually get sent on work travel alone, so I get lonely). East asians, on the other hand are not very friendly.