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Chuseok Bonus: What is it really?
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Real Reality



Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 11:41 am    Post subject: Chuseok Bonus: What is it really? Reply with quote

Chuseok Bonus: What is it really?
A can of tuna? A tuna set? A Spam set? A soap set? A pair of socks?

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Workers on average will receive 80 percent of their regular salary for the holiday, down 6 percent from the previous year. Companies picked sluggish business as the main reason to drop the value of their holiday bonuses, the KEF said.

Longer holidays, thinner wallets by Jeong Hyeon-ji, The Korea Herald (September 22, 2007) http://www.koreaherald.co.kr
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garykasparov



Joined: 27 May 2007

PostPosted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 11:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Master wanted us to fork over 10,000 Korean Won for Chuseok Bonus (Spam Set).
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koon_taung_daeng



Joined: 28 Jan 2007
Location: south korea

PostPosted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 5:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i would have taken spam, my crappy employer didint give me crap
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wylies99



Joined: 13 May 2006
Location: I'm one cool cat!

PostPosted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 5:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Do any of us get Chuseok presents? Some on here post that they GIVE Chuseok presents, but does anyone actually get one?
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Chris2007



Joined: 20 Mar 2007

PostPosted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 5:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I got 50,000 won from my boss. Yeah!
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spliff



Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand

PostPosted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 5:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Chris2007 wrote:
I got 50,000 won from my boss. Yeah!


Is that 80% of your regular salary? Shocked
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wylies99



Joined: 13 May 2006
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 5:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Better than nothing, I suppose. That's what I've received two years in a row. Rolling Eyes
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Atavistic



Joined: 22 May 2006
Location: How totally stupid that Korean doesn't show in this area.

PostPosted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 5:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

wylies99 wrote:
Do any of us get Chuseok presents? Some on here post that they GIVE Chuseok presents, but does anyone actually get one?


There are already threads about what we got.
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Dome Vans
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 5:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I got a ton of seaweed and a ton of peaches. Really nice thought, but seaweed doesn't really get my goat. Apparently it's the really expensive stuff as well.
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Jizzo T. Clown



Joined: 27 Mar 2006
Location: at my wit's end

PostPosted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 7:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

All the Korean teachers got big boxes of fruit but I didn't get so much as a "enjoy your holiday." Mad Wonder if it's because they get paid less for more work?
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Chris2007



Joined: 20 Mar 2007

PostPosted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 7:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

spliff wrote:
Chris2007 wrote:
I got 50,000 won from my boss. Yeah!


Is that 80% of your regular salary? Shocked


No, but combined with the soap, shampoo, socks and 2 bottles of wine I got from others at work its pretty damn close.
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CrikeyKorea



Joined: 01 Jun 2007
Location: Heogi, Seoul

PostPosted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 6:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i got wine and 2 gift boxes of soap shampoo skin moisturiser, and one student gave me some coffee, better than a kick in the balls
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bellum99



Joined: 23 Jan 2003
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 1:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Even slaves get more than us. I got grape seed cooking oil (expensive) and a large box of dove products Confused . No cash..bu t then you can expect much from a hog-the-won school.
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wylies99



Joined: 13 May 2006
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 3:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

[quote="Atavistic"][quote="wylies99"]Do any of us get Chuseok presents? Some on here post that they GIVE Chuseok presents, but does anyone actually get one?[/quote]

There are already threads about what we got.[/quote]

Thanks, mommy. Rolling Eyes Bigger issue here than just who got Spam.


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wylies99



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 3:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

[quote="bellum99"]Even slaves get more than us. I got grape seed cooking oil (expensive) and a large box of dove products Confused . No cash..bu t then you can expect much from a hog-the-won school.[/quote]

Agreed.
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