Korea needs caregivers - so why has hiring Filipinas not met expectations?

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[rkdo]

Aside from the high cost of living and low wage, those Filipinas came as caregivers, but most of them ended up being treated as domestic helpers.

[tesseoul]

They said, it's expensive to live and work in SK. The wage is not good enough for you to save up.

[eltonbritt]

Language barrier + racist tendencies makes working in Korea a challenge for many foreigners

[kaffir]

KRW 2.4 million per month?? The only ones making a killing are the agents & middlemen! 😂😂

[kdtbwfi]

At the end of the day, it always comes down to money. The government doesn't want the population to decrease, but they don't want to put in the work, or the money either. Let it be I guess.

[neliasparks]

The pay is not enough, and they are treated like housekeepers, not as babysitters.

[michaelashby]

These programs generally result in all sorts of trouble later.

[janietagaro]

Hongkong its better to earned money and its not hard to communicate because hongkonger speak English. Discrimination is not too high base on my experience. Im working in hongkong for 12 years and i would say it was good

[asal-ycof]

As a Korean, it is entirely the fault of the Korean government.
This policy is wrong.

It is also very negative to me that Korea pays the highest wages for caregivers in Asia.

This is because Japan, Singapore, and Hong Kong have fixed wages for foreign workers

On the other hand, in Korea, there is not much difference in wages between Koreans and foreigners.

According to what I saw on a Korean site,

The wages of Filipino housekeepers are as follows:

Based on working 8 hours a day, the monthly wage is about 2.38 million won,

and if working 4 hours a day, it is about 1.19 million won.

They are also eligible for welfare benefits such as health insurance, national pension, and retirement pay.

Despite receiving these good benefits, I am dissatisfied with the Filipinos who run away to places where they can earn more money.

Please I hope this policy gets scrapped. In Korea, nursing care for foreigners has been practiced for a long time by 'Joseonjok' Korean-Chinese people who can communicate in Korean, so I think that the language, and culture must be somewhat compatible.

[keip]

so S Korea also has a low birth rate?
Not only Japan...

[GlobalMedia-jo]

If you shorten the working hours then all the problems will be solved.

[reinhardhummerich]

The local population has no work and at the same time domestic help is being brought in from abroad. Well done!

[alipotter]

Why don't Koreans want to be an 'au pair' to a family? Isn't there a shortage of jobs for young people in Korea? I am not sure why they need to import labour, these look like pretty decent jobs if you get a nice family and are treated well.

[kalasatwater]

Not the best country for Filipinas to make money

[LadyXolia]

The complaining caregivers must have expected that the salary they got, 1. could sustain them, 2. have an ROI (return of investment) with all their preparation like caregiving education, language school, travel insurance, family debt. Reality strikes, only to receive that Korea's high cost of living only put them in a downhill financial stress.

[RaymondNolasco]

This is easy. The cost of living is higher in SK more than EU and US. Not to mention citizenship benefits in EU.

And ironic enough; Koreans are STILL immensely racist against Filipinos

[DaniTrejo]

One minute silence for all Filipinos children at this moment...i mean nowadays

[michellemonto]

I was thinking to work in korea but when i see the exchange rate...not enough wahhh...sorry i m telling the truth..so stay in dollar salary is high exchange so i can survive evrystep❤❤❤

[thanGacao]

maybe I'm the lucky one in Korea, but we have a Korean caregiver for our twins and we're blessed with her. We even were able to have a 2nd caregiver at night from 12 to 8am in the first 3 months.

[moonlightpaw]

Other than pay these people why don’t they pay the parents so they can stay home to take care of their kids?