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santafly · Joined: 20 Feb 2008

I got royally scr+wed by this school in Busan, thought I'd pass on the details.

The first week of January I signed a contract with Kids Club Busan and mailed off my documents. Everything looks peachy and I'm corresponding regularly with the two Canadian teachers there. The school informs my recruiter that things seem to be taking a long time with "notoriously slow Busan immigration". Then Lunar New Year rolls around and I figure thats delaying things more. After four weeks some lady from the school who I've never talked to before emails me - she'll be my boss and she wants to talk. We speak briefly on the phone and she tells me they never applied for my visa because they were so busy but she'll do it tomorrow. She asks if I'm upset by this. I wasn't supposed to start until the end of February anyway so it seems like there won't be too much of a delay. A couple days later she writes me again to let me know they've hired somebody else. So these @ssholes had my documents for 5 weeks, I had been planning on leaving for Korea about now, and then I suddenly had no job. It's amazing what little professionalism people in the most professional roles have ( doctors, corporations, governments).

Luckily, I landed another job (western recruiter with a large company) and my visa application is already with immigration in Seoul. Not really angry about it anymore - probably a stroke of good karma telling me that I am better off teaching adults than kids.

Atavistic

KarenWest1984 · Joined: 11 Sep 2007 Location: USA

i have a friend applying for kids club in Busan - do you know which one this is?

normalcyispasse · Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:05 am Post subject:

It's annoying, but consider yourself lucky. This could have been a lot worse -- y'know, for example, if you'd actually come here.

TheChickenLover · Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Location: The Chicken Coop

She managed to find a warm body to fill the classroom with much less hassle than bringing you over & at the same time saving herself some nice coin as well.

You weren't totally screwed. You could have arrived to have them abandon you at the airport.

Take a hard & well learned lesson from this. YOU are nothing but $$$ to them. The moment they feel you aren't making them enough money, or you cost more than you're worth, you'll be tossed aside like a dirty towel & replaced by someone who's either cheaper or increadibly stupid.

Hogwans are NOT about education. They are all about $$$.

Go for public schools.

Chicken

Whistleblower · Joined: 03 Feb 2007