Forum Support scott h Posted March 10 Forum Support Posted March 10 Just for our general information, I was walking to the store this morning and saw an employment add at a Lechon fast food chain restaurant advertising a daily wage of 610 pesos per day. (plus incentives). This is in Metro Manila. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BrettGC Posted March 10 Popular Post Posted March 10 The Dept of Labor and Employment has a list of minimum wages by province and that sounds about right for Metro Manila, maybe a little over. From memory Metro Manila understandably has the highest rates and it goes down from there. My step-daughter and her fiance set up a sari/water refill/laundromat business a few months ago after his employment by the Teves family ended abruptly last year and they wanted to pay the couple of people that work for them the right amount so I pointed them to DOLE. Setting those businesses up across from a university campus turned out to be a smart move on my son-in-law's part. They're better off financially than they've ever been - it's going great guns. He's a smart guy. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted March 11 Posted March 11 48 minutes ago, BrettGC said: The Dept of Labor and Employment has a list of minimum wages by province The caveat is that’s for legitimate businesses and it’s seldom, if ever, enforced. My maid has an 18 year old cousin in Manila whose dad recently passed away (the mom died years ago). Neighbors took her in and have her working in their sorry sorry store. They pay her 500 pesos a week plus one meal a day (usually just rice and dried fish plus leftovers from their own meals if there are any. A work day for her could be anywhere from 10 to 16 hours with no days off. Of course they also are letting her live with them, but they refuse to let her attend school and charge her for electric (using a fan and charging her phone) as well as for charcoal if she cooks anything for herself. My maid wants to bring her to Angeles, but of course doesn’t have the “budget” to fully support her. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettGC Posted March 11 Posted March 11 14 minutes ago, Gator said: The caveat is that’s for legitimate businesses and it’s seldom, if ever, enforced. Yeah, there's so many examples of worker exploitation here the mind boggles, the recent Lee Plaza in Dumaguete debacle is a good example. When my wife was managing a day spa in Daro (Dumaguete) - hair/nails/massages - the actual beauticians and massueses were expected to survive on tips only. The excuse the French owner and his Chinese wife gave was they were provided with accommodation (primitive at best, even by Filipino standards) and rice. They then had the temerity to take half the tips as well. The clientele was mainly Korean and Chinese who aren't known for their tipping largesse (a cultural thing rather than being stingy on their part). Wifey was actually paid a little above the minimum for Negros Oriental but I think that was to keep her mouth shut more than anything else. This was well before we were together. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freebie Posted March 11 Posted March 11 My ocassional massage lady is also a security guard ( Manila ) > Salary is P19,000 a month, but agency being cheap and nasty dont pay for her SSS, nor Pag Ibig nor Phil Health. But no one runs to DOLE to complain that their legal rights are violated by these benefits are not being included as part of salary package. Her training fyi for use of gun consisted of a lecture by some guy but no actually test firing. So they didnt train you on how to fire, posture, hand positioning .. no Sir. Didnt train you on recoil.. whats that Sir ? Didnt train you on how to clean the gun No sir so what would you do if a group of bad people came to your factory... not sure Sir. 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support scott h Posted March 11 Author Forum Support Posted March 11 8 hours ago, Freebie said: so what would you do if a group of bad people came to your factory... not sure Sir. Remember years ago when that gunman went into a casino in Manila, shot the place up and set fire to some gaming tables? Security guards actually ran away 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnMyWay Posted March 11 Posted March 11 6 hours ago, scott h said: Remember years ago when that gunman went into a casino in Manila, shot the place up and set fire to some gaming tables? Security guards actually ran away 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freebie Posted March 12 Posted March 12 Dont pay much dont get much.. Screw your employees out of their benefits and expect them to protect your property...Ano ka hilo !.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted March 12 Posted March 12 2 hours ago, Freebie said: Dont pay much dont get much.. Screw your employees out of their benefits and expect them to protect your property...Ano ka hilo !.... Don't disagree, but you could say the same about pretty much every job here to some extent. And, I'll hold my hand up to sometimes getting irritated at shop staff here and forgetting how little they are paid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettGC Posted March 12 Posted March 12 As anyone that has had anything to do with employees anywhere knows: "You pay peanuts, you get monkeys". Despite ability, rightly or wrongly, many people work only to the level they're compensated at. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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