Market forces will decide your remuneration, and the market has
suddenly become much larger with globalisation. Given the
willingness of foreigners to accept low pay and work in all kinds
of jobs, even if they are over-qualified for them; employers have
greater choices. And it's not just Myanmar maids, graduates in
SiChuan are working as maids in Beijing.
If you possess skills that are in demand, you command higher
salaries. If others can do the same job and are willing to accept
lower pay for it, you lose your job. It's that simple.
You can't live on such low salaries? Well, these foreign workers
have shown that they can and still send money home. The fact is: we
don't want to live on such low salaries. Then we will just have to
offer employers something much more than what foreigners can
do.
