Hey Cred Forums. I applied for a writing job in Guangzhou, China recently and they are offering 8000 rmb per month for a 6 month probationary period, before going up to 12,000. There is no housing allowance or accommodation. I'm not really interested in making decent money because I am desperate to get a years experience or so and move back home to Tundraland.
But my question is, do any of you know if this is a livable wage? Will I be borderline homeless living off instant noodle the whole time? Will I have enough to get a beer with co-workers every now and then or travel to Hong Kong? Any help is appreciated.
Jack Martin
it's alright, taxi drivers do about 4k a month
Jaxon Scott
but that was 4 years ago
it's on the low side desu
Ryder Jenkins
kek no. that's not enough to survive at all
you're looking at 4000 RMB or more for a decent apartment. then 4000 or more on food every month if you don't want to starve.
that's a shitty fucking salary
Brandon Young
If you are a 22 year old yellow fever fag, it's enough
Brandon Ramirez
Yeah I thought so too after looking at some classifieds. Thanks for the heads up. I'm going to try and haggle them some more.
Christian Barnes
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Logan Sanders
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Angel Russell
As someone living in Shanghai, 8000 rmb a month is MORE than enough for a dirt cheap city like guangzhou.
I could survive on 8000 rmb a month here in shanghai, literally living in the center of the city and still eating lots of expensive western food.
12000 rmb a month in guangzhou will make you feel like a kang, the average chink earn 6k.
Jeremiah Johnson
8000rmb a month is a lot for China. You'd be middle class in Guangzhou.
Carson Campbell
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Samuel Morales
6.7 rmb = $1
8000 rmb = $1200 a month
x12 = $14400 a year
So that's 2.5x the average Chinese.
You'd be middle class in Guangzhou, unless you live in the center of the city (which is stupid).
Jonathan Thomas
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Gavin Peterson
The center of a second tier city like guangzhou is cheap.
Jonathan Anderson
Well the property boom has made that less so for Mr. Leaf here.
Why you in Shanghai?
You're not the butthurt autist are you? You don't seem like that user.
Gabriel Myers
Guangzhou property prices are not on the same level as Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen. The city is also mostly a shithole, except for a rather empty and small built up business district in the middle.
Im in shanghai to make dat paper. Whos the butthurt autist? What is he butthurt about?
Josiah Thompson
Guangzhou is a cool city. Have fun.
P.S. watch out for the niggers there.
Zachary Hill
Hey China user. Can you recommend a good website for Guangzhou classifieds? All the places I look have minimum 4000 rmb options.
Adrian Gonzalez
What do you mean by guangzhou classifieds? Are you looking for jobs there or something?
Noah Bailey
guangzhou isn't "dirt cheap city" you dumb fucking ESL teacher.
it's a tier 1 city on par with shanghai.
Ayden King
>it's a tier 1 city on par with shanghai
kek
I lived there for 6 months. Its a fucking turd of a third world looking horrible shithole full of niggers and arabs and unbearable heat and humidity. It's got this tiny built up strip that looks nice but is mostly empty of people. Comparing guangzhou to shanghai is like comparing cleveland to new york.
And compared to shanghai, it is dirt cheap.
Ryder Ortiz
I meant ads for apartments
Jace Carter
Guangzhou is mostly nice actually.
>who is the autist
Well there used to be an actual Chinese poster from Shanghai who was probably the most autistic person on Cred Forums. He hasn't posted in a year though.
But, you are the reverse twinkie.
>tier 1 >on par with Shanghai Kekkkkk
Robert Phillips
For shanghai I used smartshanghai, its very good.
I wouldn't know how to look for apartments in guangzhou, the school you work for will most definitely help you on that. Westerners are rare in guangzhou so its not a very foreigner friendly place.
Christopher Phillips
Whats a reverse twinkie lol
I dont think i met this autist even though ive been on Cred Forums for years. guangzhou is nice if you've never been to shanghai.
Nolan Price
yeah, it may be a shithole but it's still fairly expensive and considered to be on par with shanghai in terms of cost of living and its tier level
if you want to live cheaply, you'll be living far from the city centre, not near a subway station, and eating bowls of disgusting greasy MSG noodles some chink nong made out of a toilet bowl with gutter oil in order to save money and make it month to month
Angel White
I'm 90% confident you stated
>I am white on the outside but 100% Chinese on the inside
Ethan Sanders
are you the australian guy or the british guy?
Jacob Perry
you got good memory lol
Wyatt Campbell
>不有中国帖子时的这个感觉
Jordan Morales
More than enough, it's trainee level low but you can survive provide you live in a cheap apartment and eat cheaply.
Wouldn't say the same if you are receiving the same amount of salary in HK, then you are really going to be homeless.
Aiden Martinez
which city u in senpai
Carson Rodriguez
It may seem cheap at first glance but the stuff in China is really cheap. I have no idea whether it's enough to travel overseas though.