Korean Job Discussion Forums

koon_taung_daeng · Joined: 28 Jan 2007 Location: south korea

Well anyways a friend that is phillipino quit her teaching job because the boss was trying to underpay her, and now he is threatening to call the police on her, so i know the penalty for her would be 5k and deportation if she is caught teaching illegally but what about the hagwon? how much do they pay?

thanks

hellofaniceguy · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Location: On your computer screen!

Not as excessive as the person getting caught working illegally.
And no one on this board can give you a correct answer. Why? Because penalties vary depending on the circumstances; from a slap on the wrist to jail and deportation for the worker and fines for the school.
Losing a business license almost never happens and would not matter; they just open up in the same location under another name or change the owner�s name.

garykasparov · Joined: 27 May 2007

Summer Wine · Joined: 20 Mar 2005 Location: Next to a River

If she is married to a Korean, then its not illegal. If shes not, then she has problems and may be better off just leaving the country as it is more trouble for her than the hagwon.

ttompatz · Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea

koon_taung_daeng · Joined: 28 Jan 2007 Location: south korea

yea shes married to a teacher and is here on that visa, but i also found out the boss was calling her threating to "kill her" if she didint return to work and is now harrasing her with text messages at 1am saying how he is going to have her in jail and show her how "hot" korea can be, whatever the *beep* that means. I want to go to the school and kick the shit out of him but he is the kind of guy that would sue for assault and get a fake doctor to write extra damages and shit, any suggestions?

VirginIslander · Joined: 24 May 2006 Location: Busan

Whats his number?

Typhoon · Joined: 29 May 2007 Location: Daejeon

Just go and have a word with him. You don't have to be violent. Most hagwon owners are cowards. When you meet them face to face they lose the ability to bully and then things get accomplished. Don't get the crap out of him. Just go and talk to him.

koon_taung_daeng · Joined: 28 Jan 2007 Location: south korea

I've already talked to him on the phone and lost my temper this guy is a fucking idiot he can hardly even speak English he told me to "go to the hell"
i told him its go to hell you fucking idiot. this guy sucks and treats his employess like shit ill get the name of his school so i can try and put it on some blacklists do not teach there sites.

Sody · Joined: 14 May 2006

Omg, this is the second time in less than a year I have heard about two death threats! The first was the Ilsan hagwon and now this! God almighty you would think these people would realize it's just a business and not worth making such serious threats!

Anyhow the reason I'm posting is because in Canada or America (I've lived in both) a death threat is serious and you can notify the police about it. A man made a death threat to a co-worker in Canada once and the police came and he spent a week in jail. Not sure what it's like in Korea but I would assume they take these threats seriously as well? I would notify the police asap. BoL to you and your friend.

Sody

koon_taung_daeng · Joined: 28 Jan 2007 Location: south korea

the only problem with the notifying the police thing is that we would probably have to have proof that he said that because the text messages he sent were just threating jail, and secondly since she doesnt have the visa for work it would probably just make more problems for her. My korean friend said that its normal in korea for the men to talk to women like that, but i think the guy is the biggest *beep* in the world