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Share a new finishing experience. 17k salary in Bangkok. How to live?✨

This time, many people talk about the issue of new graduates expecting a high salary, which is not wrong, because as an office man, having a salary to support himself is already a step.

10 years ago, we were new graduates looking for a job in BMA. The first salary, 17k, sounded like a lot, but we were deducted.

• 5 thousand dormitories

• The cost of electricity is nearly 2 thousand per month (dormitory meter generates cork).

• Nearly thousands of home + mobile networks

• 1,200 per month for a round trip.

• Not including three meals

It's called a cork charge.

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3/17 Edited to

... Read moreถ้าใครกำลังหา “ชีวิตประจำวันของพนักงานพาร์ตไทม์รับจ้าง” ในกรุงเทพ เราขอแชร์ภาพที่เจอจริงช่วงเริ่มทำงานกรุงเทพครั้งแรก (ตอนนั้นเงินเดือน 17k ก็ยังรู้สึกตึงอยู่ดี) เพราะพอรวมค่าหอ ค่ารถ ค่าเน็ต ค่าไฟ และค่าอาหาร มันทำให้ต้องจัดตารางชีวิตและตารางเงินแบบมีวินัยมากขึ้น 1) รูทีนวันทำงานของพาร์ตไทม์/รับจ้าง (ตัวอย่างที่ใช้ได้จริง) - 06:30 ตื่น-เตรียมตัว ทำข้าวง่ายๆ/แซนด์วิชไว้ 1 มื้อ ลดค่าอาหารหน้าที่ทำงาน - 07:30 ออกเดินทาง เผื่อเวลารถติด (ถ้าขึ้นรถเมล์/รถไฟฟ้า เติมบัตรเป็นรอบๆ จะคุมงบง่ายกว่า) - 09:00-18:00 ทำงานหลัก หรือกะงานประจำ - 18:30-21:30 รับจ้างเสริม/พาร์ตไทม์ เช่น แพ็กของ ช่วยร้านอาหาร รับงานรายชั่วโมง (เลือกงานที่เดินทางไม่ไกล ลดค่ารถซ้ำ) - 22:30 กลับหอ สรุปรายรับรายจ่าย 5 นาที แล้วเตรียมของพรุ่งนี้ 2) วิธีคุมค่าใช้จ่ายแบบคนอยู่กรุงเทพด้วยรายได้ไม่สูง - แยก “ค่าใช้จ่ายคงที่” ก่อน: ค่าหอ (เช่น 5,000) + เน็ตบ้าน/มือถือ (~1,000) + ค่าเดินทาง (เช่น 1,200/เดือน) แล้วล็อกงบไว้เลย - ระวังค่าไฟหอ: บางที่คิดหน่วยแพงมาก แนะนำจดมิเตอร์เองสัปดาห์ละครั้ง และตั้งกติกาเปิดแอร์เป็นเวลา (ช่วยลดบานปลายได้จริง) - ค่าอาหาร: ตั้งงบต่อวัน เช่น 150-200 แล้วใช้วิธี “ทำ 1 มื้อ/ซื้อ 1-2 มื้อ” จะเห็นผลเร็ว 3) ทริคเลือกงานพาร์ตไทม์ให้คุ้ม (ไม่เหนื่อยฟรี) - เลือกงานใกล้หอหรือใกล้ที่ทำงานหลัก เพื่อตัดค่ารถรอบสอง - ถ้าเป็นงานรายวัน/รายชั่วโมง ให้ถามชัดเรื่องค่าแรงสุทธิ เวลาจ่ายเงินจริง และมีหักอะไรไหม - ทำตารางกะล่วงหน้า และกันวันพักอย่างน้อยสัปดาห์ละ 1 วัน ลดโอกาสป่วย (ป่วยทีคือเสียรายได้ทันที) 4) วิธีเก็บเงินแบบเริ่มจากศูนย์ - วันเงินเข้า: โอนเก็บก่อน 5-10% แม้จะน้อยก็ทำให้มีเงินสำรอง - ทำ “กองฉุกเฉิน” ขั้นต่ำ 3,000-5,000 ไว้ค่าเดินทาง/ค่าหาหมอ/ซ่อมของ - ถ้าต้องซื้อของจำเป็น ให้รอโปร/ซื้อของมือสองสภาพดี โดยเฉพาะของใช้ในหอ ใครที่กำลังเป็นพนักงานพาร์ตไทม์รับจ้างหรือเพิ่งเริ่มทำงานกรุงเทพครั้งแรก รายได้ระดับ 17k ก็ยังอยู่ได้ ถ้าเรารู้ต้นทุนชีวิตจริงของตัวเอง และค่อยๆ ปรับรูทีนให้เหมาะกับแรงและเวลา ที่สำคัญคืออย่ากดดันตัวเองเกินไป—เริ่มจากคุมค่าใช้จ่ายหลักๆ ให้ได้ก่อน แล้วค่อยเพิ่มรายได้เสริมแบบไม่ทำร้ายสุขภาพ

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