hi i know a couple of lowyatians are fortunate enough to work overseas. I was wondering whether any of u had the chance or are currently working in Bangkok. How are the working conditions there? Do you enjoy the environment? Care to share

I work in Bangkok on & off

What do you have in hand to discuss?

Unless you have a specific question, there is no way I can tell you from A to Z from my side

If its not too personal, what do you work as? how do you like working at bangkok? ever been anywhere else? how would u say the working condition there is...

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I work as an engineer. For me work is work, and I like it better in KL because of the language.

Been to Jakarta, Brunei & Sngapore etc.

i worked there 1 yr before. company sent me there.

u need to learn basic thai language.

are u muslim? coz EVERYTHING is pork.

PM me if u really wan know more la.

Muslim food is still possible

I know there are muslim thai there. Heck, they even have their own community of muslim thai just cater to serve that specific food.

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Added on February 26, 2012, 3:53 pmya bro thai people are very friendly.

This post has been edited by EARL_SWEATSHIRT: Feb 26 2012, 03:53 PM

As a foreigner in Thailand you can be like a god to them.

I'm Thai but working here in Malaysia before that I used to work in the Duty Free Shop in our International Airport, Suvannabhumi.

Working environment among all Thai is quite stress for me because of the senior-junior thing. If you are younger and get higher position -you'll face all sarcastic everyday and as well gossip.

I prefer to work here with multi-nation people, more fun and practice my English as well

Do we (malaysian citizens) need to apply for working permit to work in Bangkok?

I had the opportunity to work in Bangkok for 1 year and I totally loved it. Yes you do need a work permit. Learning their local language will certainly help alot. Thais are impress with foreigners who made the effort to learn their local language. You will get to enjoy nice local street food and good bargains. Maybe one day I will go back there to work.

Glad to hear that. Thanks for the info =)

I'm currently working in Bangkok as an expat. Everything is well taken care off.

If you want to work in BKK, as an expat, should not be any problem but if you are just here as non-expat then prepare to deal with bureaucratic nonsense.

Please share more information...keen to work in bangkok as well...

Hi, since you have work there for 1 year, can I ask what is the monthly living cost for a Malaysian moving to Bangkok ?

I've been working here for last 10 months and I can say BKK is the place where you can literally live like a beggar or a king. The reason i say that is because there are many cheap places for food/entertaiment and super expensive places too. So it's up to you.

For example, their street food prices are like ours (assuming RM1 = 10 THB). So if you eat out 3 meals a day, probably cost around 150 THB. Transportation (Taxi, trains) are cheap too. But in the long run, car is also cheaper than us. Food at shops like 7-11 is around 30-40 baht or MaxValue supermart (50% off all food after 9pm).

Room rentals are heavily depending on area. Sukhumvit areas are super high priced as compared to areas like Ratchada, Ladphrao which you can get a basic 20-30sqm apartments for less than 10000 baht a month. And yea, you would need basic thai to live in those places as most of them don't speak english.

Hi, I was wondering if your company send you there or you just apply for work there? Because I am planning to apply for work there and I am kinda worried about the working permit. Because I read somewhere I need to register permit with 3 million baht (RM300k??) Doesnt sound possible..

not sure u will reply or not but may i ask what type of engineer are u?

have plans to go there, currently working in singapore.

Would you care to elaborate more on the statement that the people are perceiving foreigners like God?

How is it like compared to living in KL, Living cost wise if I live like a local.

Anyone working in Bangkok currently? I have just started working here and hope someone can show me around.