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choudoufu
Joined: 25 May 2010
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Location: Mao-berry, PRC
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Some friends were telling me how much Chinese people make. I'm not sure how accurate this list is.
Nurse - 4,000 RMB a month
Flight attendant - 5,000
Engineer - around 11,000 (I don't know what kind of engineer)
Police officer - in the 18,000 range
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you are not a nurse.
nor are you a flight attendant, nor an engineer.
probably not even a police officer.
what does it matter what chinese in those occupations make?
you may have been one of those in a previous life, but not in china.
your prior skills are (likely) not marketable here.
all you got is a passport and a very light tan.
you are a part-time engrish tutor/coach/babysitter.
(sure, there are a few working at international schools, testing ielts,
running their own schools, etc., but most are uni/mill employees.)
you (few exceptions) are not special. you are easily replaceable.
don't matter what them others make. there don't be no comparison. |
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The Great Wall of Whiner
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Posts: 4946
Location: Blabbing
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| Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 8:43 am Post subject: |
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You mentioned that you are now running your own school. Does that mean you will be sticking around China for awhile longer?
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No. As soon as my apartment contract is done and my wife decides it's time, I'm out. Just biding my time and counting the days... but I absolutely will never work for another school again unless I am poverty-stricken desperate. |
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The Great Wall of Whiner
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
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Location: Blabbing
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| Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 8:44 am Post subject: |
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| 。。。。Then I can sit back and let you make the money for me. |
so, umm, how much do you pay? |
No amount of money could compare with living on Hainan... |
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spicykimchi
Joined: 19 Oct 2010
Posts: 50
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| Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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| choudoufu wrote: |
| spicykimchi wrote: |
Some friends were telling me how much Chinese people make. I'm not sure how accurate this list is.
Nurse - 4,000 RMB a month
Flight attendant - 5,000
Engineer - around 11,000 (I don't know what kind of engineer)
Police officer - in the 18,000 range
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what does it matter what chinese in those occupations make?
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The O.P. wanted to know what the locals make, so I answered the question. |
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Zero
Joined: 08 Sep 2004
Posts: 1402
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| Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 4:38 pm Post subject: |
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| If you go outside the realm of colleges and universities, and into private situations, as someone who runs his own school now I can tell you that 99.9999% of FT's here are getting taken for a ride. I'd be happy to hire a few of you guys for 6K a month and put you into an apartment and get you a visa. |
That is sort of how business works. But the capitalists take on the risk, so they expect the rewards. |
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The Great Wall of Whiner
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
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Location: Blabbing
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| Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 5:54 pm Post subject: |
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| But the capitalists take on the risk, so they expect the rewards. |
No risk in quitting your job, folding everything you have, leaving your family, your home country, and moving to a strange country that you know nothing about and can't even speak the local language just to make less than the minimum wage in your own home country?
I would never expect so much from such an individual. But then again, I am not a capitalist; I am a modified free enterpriser. |
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therock
Joined: 31 Jul 2005
Posts: 1266
Location: China
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| Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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I remember when I first got here, a police officer friend told me his monthly salary was 900rmb - then he showed me his BMW.
Something didn't add up there. |
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therock
Joined: 31 Jul 2005
Posts: 1266
Location: China
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| Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 6:14 pm Post subject: |
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| The Great Wall of Whiner wrote: |
| Ariadne wrote: |
You mentioned that you are now running your own school. Does that mean you will be sticking around China for awhile longer?
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No. As soon as my apartment contract is done and my wife decides it's time, I'm out. Just biding my time and counting the days... but I absolutely will never work for another school again unless I am poverty-stricken desperate. |
Just out of interest, if you are planning on going home, what will you do? |
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Zero
Joined: 08 Sep 2004
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| Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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| The Great Wall of Whiner wrote: |
| Zero wrote: |
| But the capitalists take on the risk, so they expect the rewards. |
No risk in quitting your job, folding everything you have, leaving your family, your home country, and moving to a strange country that you know nothing about and can't even speak the local language just to make less than the minimum wage in your own home country?
I would never expect so much from such an individual. But then again, I am not a capitalist; I am a modified free enterpriser. |
People do it. Therefore, the wage must be appropriate. Schools in China are not in business to save FTs from themselves, but to make a profit. |
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