Amy Lefevre Joins to Talk Careers, Cliques and Finding Your Level in Bangkok [S6.E9]

With interest in Thailand returning to pre-pandemic levels
and the podcast getting an increasing number of emails asking for
advice on living and working here, Greg interviews old
acquaintance Amy Lefevre, a half-Thai British woman, on her
unique career journey in Asia and what they've both learned about
finding (and keeping!) a job in Bangkok. 


The two begin with the importance of language skills and
the difficulty of competing with educated Thais who typically
have decent English, and then segues into an interesting topic:
Is it easy for foreigners to get jobs inside Thailand outside of
the cliched fields of teacher, IT staff, NGO staff and digital
nomad? Amy argues that in Bangkok, foreigners who work in these
fields tend to socialize together, almost creating cliques that
can be difficult to break into (or out of). Further, expats often
hit a 'ceiling' in their late 20s or early 30s where they feel
they cannot advance their careers without leaving
Thailand.


Greg notes that the Thai bureaucracy that governs expats in
the end closes the off to the energy and creativity of thousands
of foreigners who could be boosting the economy, employing
locals, and injecting Thai society with new ideas that could
really catapult the country into true first world status along
with Singapore and Hong Kong. 


Listen in for an in depth discussion of the pros and cons
of trying to make your career in the Land of Smiles. 


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