Originally Posted by
moondog
They take home Y3000 per month, and can get other jobs fairly easily.
Your money is just as good as their paycheck money.
When you fire somebody in China (even with cause), you are required to give them around 3 months salary as a severance. (We used to assign extremely boring tasks to people we wanted to fire, in hopes that they would quit on their own; this doesn't actually work in practice.)
I happen to know a few girls who work for CZ and I've been told that with above average English and working on international routes will make Y15000/month a month. I also know a girl who works for Thai but based in GZ who makes Y20000/month. But this is China, who could possibly refuse another 3000RMB
Also as another data point, I watch someone upgrade from economy to business last year going to Australia. They swiped the guys credit card with the same machine they used for duty-free sales.