I think we chose the wrong profession ..
aside from the obvious monetary advantages... mcdonalds employess are actually respected by the community
Mcdonalds Store Manager= 38,835 USD (top pay is 90,000 USD)
100,000 baht teacher 38,256 USD
80,000 baht teacher = 30,612 USD
Mcdonalds Assistant Store Manager = 29,382 USD (top pay is 42,000 USD)
60,000 baht teacher = 22,956
Mcdonalds Fry cook = 15,840 USD
40,000 baht teacher= 15,300USD
Mcdonalds Drive thru cashier = 14,976 USD (top pay 19,200 USD)
Mcdonalds cashier = 14,688 USD
30,000 baht teacher = 11,472 USD
There is huge job satisfaction in upselling fries to huddled masses.
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There is absolutely NO uncertainity about that assertation.Originally Posted by mcatt66
And you didn't even mention free/discounted food from the Arches.
-Free meals for each shift for crew members.
-Free food all the time for managers.
Bad analogy.
What about volunteer work? No pay vs McDo pay?
Indeed. The salary of one profession in a developing country compared with another in a developed country. So what?Of course the wage in the developed country will be higher. The cost of living might have something to do with that
Do you have coke?
Minimum wage in the UK equates to 48,000 baht a month. I think I'll move back...
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Compare the salaries of those same McDonald's positions in the U.S. and Thailand.
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This is a very wrong and unfair comparison, mcatt66.
Just think about what a MacDonalds cashier can do with 14,688 USD in the USA and what a foreign teacher can do with 30,000 THB in Thailand.
tefling in thailand is a great many things...but a "profession"? hmmm...
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How about taking into consideration what the McDonalds (USA) employee pays and taxes, and then has left over for his apartment, his food, his car loan, and all his other expenses, and then let's compare that to what the equivalent English teacher in Thailand pays for the same.
Then, if we're really gifted, let's express all of those numbers in terms of percentages, making the gross revenue the 100% and seeing how much is left over once all the other expenses are dedicated.
.... or just compare the salaries of an English teacher in Thailand, to a McDonalds employee in Thailand.
How about it?
^ Your overall point is correct of course, but....car ownership??
Your average thailand tefler might as well dream of a palinquin help aloft by angelina jolie and scarlet johanssen.
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Wasn't there a guy who posted a while back about how he didn't mind working saturdays because he got fried rice and all the watermelon he could eat for lunch?
Now that's gotta beat a big mac.
dont cars cost more in Thailand?
I was taxed pretty heavily in Thailand. .
same same. . both will live in a studio apartment..or in rural areas a small house with limited amenities..
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go for it. . .
with Mcdonalds u get a pretty good retirement plan as well:
. Employees who put 5 percent of their salary in the company 401(k) receive a company match of as much as 11 percent
Good thread, topic and stats mcatt66. (Source?)
Anyway, Mickey-D managers more respected? Perhaps, now that I think about English teachers in Bangers....
As for a choice, I'll stick with the English teaching. I prefer the work, hours, and also.....the location.
I'm in Thailand. Mickey-D managers are back in the west. I get more tail than they do, and I have a better lifestyle.
I also don't smell like a french fry.
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- Thailand has far better transportation, and it's cheap. Used (well used) cars are sometimes affordable.
- you are not providing any numbers in comparison. "pretty heavily" is not a number.
- housing costs are not even close to "same same". You're dreaming.
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