@Brandon ***********

well my man, it doesn’t happen so sure, I volunteer

@Brandon ***********

no they won’t, that’s literally never happened to anyone

@Brandon ***********

or just never report and when u next leave the country it’ll restart at day 1 upon reentry

@Jorge ***

totally depends on their position….my Thai father in law was a low ranking military guy for 40 years and gets 50k thb per month for life….I retired as a principal from a bkk international school and took the whole payout which was 5% matching my contributions over my tenure

@Jorge ***

it’s been like this for decades…tefl teachers generally make very little money and would have a hard time contributing to a private retirement fund…these tefl schools also open and close very frequently so ownership may not opt to set up a provident fund account for them….legitimate companies in Thailand all utilize retirement programming as it benefits them financially too

@Jorge ***

if by “pension” you mean an account that both you and your employee contribute to over the course of your tenure at a company that is then redispursed after your retirement then yes, there are millions of Thais and foreigners that collect pensions in Thailand…there are public versions of this-military, police, teachers and private versions that are available through any bank and utilized by all private companies of any size…the 300 thb is a government pension guaranteed to all Thais at 60 and reserved for the unemployed and day laborers

@Michael *****

I’ve been working in Thai international schools for 16 years and a pension is always part of the deal

@Jorge ***

gotcha, to be sure there are many certified teachers in Thailand making 100k per month…that’s midrange for a licensed British or American teacher in Thailand…there are several schools that pay over 200k thb per month w those qualifications and a good amount of experience…I feel like it’s important to really remind people about this so we all understand what’s available in Thailand for licensed educators is commensurate w our value and similar to our home countries in terms of salary

@Jorge ***

if one has the PGCE or USA teachers license as you mentioned they can make well over 100k per month as a salaried position while working a normal western 187 day school year pretty easily….only a crazy person would do tefl work w those credentials

@Brandon ***********

was that so hard?