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blade
Joined: 30 Jun 2007
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 Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:22 am Post subject: Told I must now commute 20 minutes by bus everyday! |
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My recruiter has just informed me that the public school I will be working for has been unable to provide an apartment close to my school and I'll now need to commute everyday by bus for 20 minutes. I told him that I wanted to the school to pay for my bus fare but he said that as my contract does not mention anything about providing transport, the school will not pay for it.
I think it's rather unfair that seeing as they are the ones that screwed up, by leaving it to the last minute to find me an apartment, I now must fork out 40,000Won every month because of their mistake. |
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boyne11
Joined: 08 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:30 am Post subject: |
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Congrats!
Should tell them that you'll accept only if you are allowed to leave early as soon as you're finished teaching. |
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Atavistic
Joined: 22 May 2006
Location: How totally stupid that Korean doesn't show in this area.
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| Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:42 am Post subject: |
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| You're lucky. Mine is 40 mins one way. And I live in in Anyang, so it's not like I'm out in the middle of nowhere. |
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nomad-ish
Joined: 08 Oct 2007
Location: On the bottom of the food chain
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| Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:43 am Post subject: |
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i'm about 30min away by train. BUT, it's a good thing! if you lived close to your school, you might constantly be running into your students or their parents...  |
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expat2001
Joined: 28 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:46 am Post subject: Re: Told I must now commute 20 minutes by bus everyday! |
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| blade wrote: |
My recruiter has just informed me that the public school I will be working for has been unable to provide an apartment close to my school and I'll now need to commute everyday by bus for 20 minutes. I told him that I wanted to the school to pay for my bus fare but he said that as my contract does not mention anything about providing transport, the school will not pay for it.
I think it's rather unfair that seeing as they are the ones that screwed up, by leaving it to the last minute to find me an apartment, I now must fork out 40,000Won every month because of their mistake. |
At one time , I was in a similar situation.I had to take the bus or taxi to school.At first , I was so pissed , then when I saw my apartment and what the area had to offer ,compared to the shit hole neighbourhood that the school was in.I was more then glad to accept the aprtment with the 20 min bus ride. |
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blade
Joined: 30 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:46 am Post subject: |
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| nomad-ish wrote: |
| i'm about 30min away by train. BUT, it's a good thing! if you lived close to your school, you might constantly be running into your students or their parents... |
True enough, but I'd rather not have to pay up to 480,000Won over a full year if I can get out of it. |
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Otherside
Joined: 06 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:56 am Post subject: |
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Hehe,
I was offered a choice between having an apartment walking distance to the school (in a pretty rural area with like 7 shops on the strip) or a 25minute bus ride away in one the busiest and vibiest areas in the province.
I chose door number 2.
I think it's pretty low that they didn't give you the choice of location, that's 40,000 a month and 40 minutes a day out of your pocket.
My old hagwon put me a 20 minute bus ride away from the school, and I was livid, the area's were comparable, (i.e. both on the poor/average side) and the time/money spent commutting really pissed me off. |
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blade
Joined: 30 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 2:01 am Post subject: |
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| Otherside wrote: |
Hehe,
I was offered a choice between having an apartment walking distance to the school (in a pretty rural area with like 7 shops on the strip) or a 25minute bus ride away in one the busiest and vibiest areas in the province.
I chose door number 2.
I think it's pretty low that they didn't give you the choice of location, that's 40,000 a month and 40 minutes a day out of your pocket.
My old hagwon put me a 20 minute bus ride away from the school, and I was livid, the area's were comparable, (i.e. both on the poor/average side) and the time/money spent commutting really pissed me off. |
I plan to commute at the weekends to visit my girlfriend, so I'm not really all that concerned about living way out in the sticks. |
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SuperHero
Joined: 10 Dec 2003
Location: Superhero Hideout
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| Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 2:11 am Post subject: |
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| a 20 minute commute is nothing. Back home most people don't live that close to their jobs so I don't really understand what the problem is here. If you live in/near a major city it's quite common to have commutes of 40-90 minutes each way. |
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captain kirk
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 2:13 am Post subject: |
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| Wouldn't it be fun to drive a motorbike?! It looks like I'll be 20km out from the school (housing) but do I care? Yes, it's a GOOD 20km! |
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moosehead
Joined: 05 May 2007
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| Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 8:18 am Post subject: |
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get a bicycle !!  |
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little mixed girl
Joined: 11 Jun 2003
Location: shin hyesung's bed~
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