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[wild]

I'm new to posting but i've been reading for awhile...the t-shirt messages are hilarious...almost as funny as the t-shirts themselves.

Anyway.....here's a situation. My friend just came back to korea, and started a new contract at a new school, he was here before. He tells me his uncle offered him some amazing job with some huge company making some huge money. He thinks he's going to accept the job but it starts next week. He's not going to quit at his school because his contract requires a month's notice so he's just going to bolt out of the country and not show up for work, personally i don't care about the school but there arn't many people where i'm at and I don't want him to leave...lol. So can anyone tell me what the consequences of not quitting the contract and just bolting outta here would be??????

[VanIslander]

[yingwenlaoshi]

He's probably wise. Wait till you get paid and then adios. Depends on the school though. If he doesn't care about coming back and he thinks the school would rip him off of his last month's pay, by all means, take off like a shot.

[Homer]

His schools is not treating him badly, he just re-signed so the employer seems nice.

What are the consequences for this guy running into the night?

None for him but many for others but hey that just won't register will it? Whats important is that he gets away scott free to take that new job. What happens to his students and co-workers does not compute, nor does what this costs his employer or what this may do for the teacher they will need to replace him....good lord....

Hey, since the job for your friend is being offered by his "uncle"....I am sure your friend could tell them that his current job requires he gives notice before quitting. Any self respecting employer back home would see this as a reasonable request.

But the main point here seems to be that your "friend" wants to avoid paying back airfare and honoring his contract because it is inconvenient. I hope he realizes that should his plan be known to his employer that he should not expect them to behave nicely towards him...he wants to run and screw em so it can swing both ways.

[yingwenlaoshi]

[wild]

As far as the school treating him badly....he's told me that it isn't exactly what he was told. A few more hours, the pay scheme isn't exactly as advertised (something about it supposed to be so much a month but now it's per teaching days a month or something), he said other small things but I can't remember. Also, i don't think he's been here long enough to get paid. As far as i can tell overall it's not a BAD situation but it's not the best either.

So basically what your telling me is that the only thing i got to help convince him is guilt? Jesus..that ain't gonna cut it! There's no financial consequences...like the recruiter tracking him down and making him pay or being barred from travelling to Korea or anything??

[yingwenlaoshi]

[Homer]

Right...of course.

[ajuma]

I don't know...I guess making a commitment to me means following through with said commitment. If I were the uncle and I knew that my nephew was skipping out of a job that he'd made a commitment to without notice, I'd think twice about hiring him!!

I guess it boils down to ethics. Is he an ethical person or not?

[yingwenlaoshi]

[yingwenlaoshi]

[the eye]

[maybe]

[AwesomeA]

Many places use any tactics within their means to cheat people. How can one have good ethics and protect their best interest at the same time? With a few employers, no problem. But the vast majority of English academies will swindle no matter what. To me, it seems that hogwon owners view honesty as a weakness.

[Boodleheimer]