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Sophocles
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StrayCat
Joined: 13 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 7:22 am Post subject: |
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| You go get a uni' job somewhere nice, outside of Seoul & enjoy your 3 month plus holidays per year........... that's what you do! |
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Sophocles
Joined: 15 Mar 2007
Location: MetroSeoul
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| Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 7:31 am Post subject: |
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| StrayCat wrote: |
| You go get a uni' job somewhere nice, outside of Seoul & enjoy your 3 month plus holidays per year........... that's what you do! |
Well, 10 months into my contract I just wanna get my cash and get the heck outta here. |
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ontheway
Joined: 24 Aug 2005
Location: Somewhere under the rainbow...
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| Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 7:31 am Post subject: |
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| Take option one, you get more days, then insist on getting paid in cash for the unused vacation day at the end of your contract. Make sure they understand NOW that that is the deal. |
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Sophocles
Joined: 15 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 7:37 am Post subject: |
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| ontheway wrote: |
| Take option one, you get more days, then insist on getting paid in cash for the unused vacation day at the end of your contract. Make sure they understand NOW that that is the deal. |
They are totally going to counter with, "Well, we offered you that day and you didn't want it."
They're the cheapest bastardos I've EVER met. |
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ruffie
Joined: 11 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 7:41 am Post subject: |
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| Consider yourself lucky, that's what you do. We get a 5 day summer holiday that INCLUDES a saturday and sunday, which I don't work anyway. 3 days. There are lots of us in that boat. At least you can make a plan and get out of this stinkhole for WHOLE WEEK. |
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ontheway
Joined: 24 Aug 2005
Location: Somewhere under the rainbow...
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| Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 8:03 am Post subject: |
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| To answer the OP: Yes, you are overreacting. Take option one and ask for the 1 day in cash. Don't do a "Jack Story" and refuse to go for the best option because you've prewritten in your mind the response of the other party. |
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Sophocles
Joined: 15 Mar 2007
Location: MetroSeoul
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| Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 8:37 am Post subject: |
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| ontheway wrote: |
| To answer the OP: Yes, you are overreacting. Take option one and ask for the 1 day in cash. Don't do a "Jack Story" and refuse to go for the best option because you've prewritten in your mind the response of the other party. |
Actually, we've already suggested financial compensation and it looked like they didn't even hear it. |
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ontheway
Joined: 24 Aug 2005
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| Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 8:54 am Post subject: |
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| If it looked like they didn't hear it, then they didn't say no. Take that as a yes, put it in writing and give it to them to sign. Write it up as an addendum to your contract. Play nice. It's only June and you've got some time. One day's pay is a small thing that neither side wants to go to war over. Take the initiative and you win. |
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andrew
Joined: 30 Jan 2003
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xtchr
Joined: 23 Nov 2004
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| Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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| andrew wrote: |
DON'T take a vacation day on the last day of your contract. There have been cases where a school may try to say you quit even a day short of the contract end and try to withhold severance and airfare.
A woman I knew in Gunsan took vacation days at the very end of her contract so she could get moved to a new town (inside Korea) and position she had accepted. But the owner said she had quit early and refused to pay her severance and cash equivalent of the airfare she'd have received had she been leaving Korea.
If you need some vacation time toward the end of your contract for whatever reason, make sure you are working on the last day of the contract. |
Yes, this is good advice (sadly). I know of two people who got shafted as in the above example. |
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babtangee
Joined: 18 Dec 2004
Location: OMG! Charlie has me surrounded!
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| Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 7:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Take option one and call in sick the day you have to return. Tell em you have an infected middle ear and can't *beep* ing stand. |
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