Most Taiwan White Collar Workers Want to Work in mainland
China
According to a leading human resources company in Taiwan,
according to a survey they conducted with 300 high-level
white collar workers in Taiwan earning more than NT$2M(US$58,000)
a year, 75% said that they wanted to relocated their jobs
to China.
1111 HR Bank, said that this survey was conducted after
the outbreak of SARS in China and Taiwan, and did not
show a change from before the breakout of the disease.
The respondents said that they did not think it necessary
for SARS disease patients to return to Taiwan for medical
care, but would like to see Taiwan doctors practicing
in China, and would seek their medical care.
In addition, ChinaHR.com, quoting Goldman Sachs sources,
said that the SARS crisis was having different effects
on different industries. The industries which are most
badly hit are mainly in the services sector, and include
airlines, travel, restaurants, retail and entertainment
industries. Manufacturing has suffered the least.
According to 1111 HR Bank, most of their surveyrespondents
were Taiwan workers who had lived and worked in China
for more than one year. In most cases, they had relocated
their families to mainland China as well. Those who had
moved their families to China as well said that they would
prefer to continue their careers in China, and did not
want to move back to Taiwan.
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