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The way PalPay works is that you have to transfer funds out in your local currency. So if you have a PP Thailand account, you can accept any currency, but you must transfer to a Thai bank, into baht. You could be in Thailand and have a PP US account and charge dollars and transfer to a US account in USD. In my experience every country works the same.
PP is good - just watch the currency. Maybe it's just a cost of doing business. But be aware and think the best way to set it up.
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In Topic: Are All Thai Boys Spoiled?
2011-09-11 10:51:23
Valjean, on 2011-09-11 09:10:04, said:
I never like to speak about "all" anything, every generalization is false in some cases, and I overall don't like to be saying bad things about people. But in this case I guess my actions say enough...
I've been managing teams of Thais and Expats here for a number of years. I own a business now and my current Thai headcount is 19 women, 1 man (he's Thai/Indian). In this business the past 3 years I've hired 8 Thai men. Only one of them has been satisfactory (attended exchange school in the US), some have been OK, no superstars. 3 I fired outright, the others I was happy to see them go when the time came (sometimes with a nudge). All are university grads, everyone under 35, we do web stuff. Run the range from well to do Bangkok families to people who have been the first generation in their family to go to college and move from the countryside to Bangkok to work.
I don't think it is lazy, they have been by in large hard workers. Spoiled is part of it I guess. It's a bit hard to put my finger on. It's like they aren't tough enough. By contrast the women just come to work with a a better attitude. Just get along, work hard, take direction, help each other and are easier to manage. I can be more direct and harder on them without sulking or getting passive aggressive behaviors. Women are the backbone of the family in most cases, I think they have a no nonsense, this is my job, I have responsibilities, bad stuff will come my way deal with it attitude.
I do interview Thai young men sometimes, I have one job offer out to one with some special skills. But all things being equal I'll always hire the woman. And in fairness to the Thai guys some of this just might be the dynamics between Thais & me an American, it just seems easier to manage Thai women and you get better resuls. I do have several young expat guys and overall no problems there.
Meanwhile my 6 year old luuk-krung sure as heck isn't getting the easy way... It's not genetics, it's culture.
I've been managing teams of Thais and Expats here for a number of years. I own a business now and my current Thai headcount is 19 women, 1 man (he's Thai/Indian). In this business the past 3 years I've hired 8 Thai men. Only one of them has been satisfactory (attended exchange school in the US), some have been OK, no superstars. 3 I fired outright, the others I was happy to see them go when the time came (sometimes with a nudge). All are university grads, everyone under 35, we do web stuff. Run the range from well to do Bangkok families to people who have been the first generation in their family to go to college and move from the countryside to Bangkok to work.
I don't think it is lazy, they have been by in large hard workers. Spoiled is part of it I guess. It's a bit hard to put my finger on. It's like they aren't tough enough. By contrast the women just come to work with a a better attitude. Just get along, work hard, take direction, help each other and are easier to manage. I can be more direct and harder on them without sulking or getting passive aggressive behaviors. Women are the backbone of the family in most cases, I think they have a no nonsense, this is my job, I have responsibilities, bad stuff will come my way deal with it attitude.
I do interview Thai young men sometimes, I have one job offer out to one with some special skills. But all things being equal I'll always hire the woman. And in fairness to the Thai guys some of this just might be the dynamics between Thais & me an American, it just seems easier to manage Thai women and you get better resuls. I do have several young expat guys and overall no problems there.
Meanwhile my 6 year old luuk-krung sure as heck isn't getting the easy way... It's not genetics, it's culture.
One other thought... All things being equal in the US I'd probably hire a woman over a man. When I said "It's not genetics" perhaps I was wrong, it is; Men versus Women. It plays out different in a different culture but the roots could be the same.
