Thread: Wages for employees

Hello
My husband and I are thinking of starting a business in Bali and need some details about how much a manager is paid. Also how much are plumbers paid? Do the Western style resorts get charged Western prices and Bali businesses the local rates? I've also posted this on another forum

Thanks
Lisa

Thanks for the reply.
The manager is an Australian woman who is married to a Balienese bloke and lives over there. She is unqualified but her organisational skills, cultural knowledge and
bi-lingual ability are valuable to us. What do resorts do if there are things that maintenance can't fix, like blocked sewer, flooding, gas leaks?

Originally Posted by The Vegies

Thanks for the reply.
The manager is an Australian woman who is married to a Balienese bloke and lives over there. She is unqualified but her organisational skills, cultural knowledge and
bi-lingual ability are valuable to us. What do resorts do if there are things that maintenance can't fix, like blocked sewer, flooding, gas leaks?

This is a very good question & needs a good answer so I will someone else give you the good answer.
But here's my answer
Blocked sewer: You tie a small Javanese man to one end of a bamboo pole & then two big Javanese men on the other end stuff him up the pipe & no more blocked sewer.
Flooding: staff get free bath.
Gas leak: You tie a little javanese man on one end of a bamboo pole & then two big Javanese men stick him inside the building, were the little Javanese man will strike a match & no more gas leak.
Now if your husband can ride a push bike, carry his tools on the back & can get his Indonesian plumber license. He can easy earn 1.5mill a month.

I am assuming that you are looking to run a business in Indonesia while living in another country. If so it is a recipe for disaster.
Beside the obvious problems such as small Javanese men being stuck in pipes it will give you nightmares.
To employ a westerner to run your business you will have to go through the official channels to register your business and then employ her legally. This involves supplying a KITAS for her.
Most places are still on septic tanks so blocked sewer will possibly never be an issue. (no real problem)
Flooding involves turning the main water supply off. You then ring a local plumber, he comes along and puts in another pipe. (fixed with no hassle)
You will only have gas to kitchen areas and for hot water. If this happens it is a simple matter of disconnecting the gas regulator. A new regulator and flexible hose cost about 150,000 and are available nearly anywhere. (once again very easy to fix).
We have about 10 kitchens and something like 35 toilets. Very rarely do we have any great hassles.

Thanks Fred2
It sounds like those three Javenese blokes have the whole industry sewn up. I imagine the exams would be pretty difficult to get an Indonesian plumbers licence. Questions like how big the bamboo pole has to be may really throw some Western plumbers.

Thanks for your reply Gilbert, I'll keep researching.