They’re not lazy, it depends on the class of shipment. Parcel post isn’t worth a phone call it seems, but airmail and express justifies a phone call. Taiwan post likely has sop and rules about it.
If it’s express they leave a note and make you pick it up if you aren’t there.
Oh what’s worse is if it’s parcel post or even registered mail they won’t even ring a doorbell. No they honk the horn on their scooter expecting you to hear it and notice that it’s the postman and not some random scooter honking at a pedestrian.
So what’s appealing about working for small companies then? Is big corporations the be all end all in Asia? It sure seems like it because the amount of competition and the steps people take to get in almost makes me think they commit seppuku if they do not get in. So small companies for everyone else who didn’t get into big ones because there is no other choice? How do small businesses even hire good employees?
A starter job back in 2000 for an Englisb teacher paid about 600 ntd/hr.
But I knew Canadian couples making up to 900nt/hr each with full time hours back then. Talk about rich kids on the block. They were going home and putting big deposits on houses back there.
They are atill advertising jobs today in Taoyuan for almost the same pay. However hours are usually less these days.
job in Taoyuan city
totally 20-25 teaching hours a week 650-700NTD -750 an hour
With lower birth rate and china making the world a multipolar place, the demand for learning English may be on the decline. If anything westerners may need to learn Chinese in school as business with china gets bigger and bigger.
This could mean a demand for Chinese teachers, with the west begrudgingly making it easier for Chinese people to get visas into the west to teach Chinese.
They may we’ll start with taiwan because at least taiwan is allied with the west.
Well if one extrapolates that observation to infinity, Chinese is taking over the planet, which is great for TL, given that he is fluent and literate in both English and Chinese.
I doubt it. People have been saying this since early 2000s with Taiwan and HK/China becoming more relevant in business. It hasn’t happened at this point.
Chinese it also just difficult to be used as the Franca lingua in my opinion. Especially the written part.
There are parts of the world where Chinese is a popular 2nd language like the Philippines and Vietnam since they want to have work opportunities in Taiwan/China. But I don’t see it becoming the norm in the west in the foreseeable future.
