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curtiscurtis
Joined: 28 Dec 2007
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 Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:09 am Post subject: What if I just don't show up for work ever again? |
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Hey I'm curious what would happen if I just straight up don't show up to work ever again??? I'm not talking about a midnight run I just mean not showing up for work yet staying in Korea??? What are the legalities of that?
Like if I straight up don't come into work and then one day I'm walking down the road and bump into my director! heh Just curious is all! |
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Cracker006
Joined: 11 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:43 am Post subject: |
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One thing they can do is cancle your visa, so you have 10 days to leave.
I dunno what else though. |
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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea
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| Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:43 am Post subject: Re: What if I just don't show up for work ever again? |
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| curtiscurtis wrote: |
Hey I'm curious what would happen if I just straight up don't show up to work ever again??? I'm not talking about a midnight run I just mean not showing up for work yet staying in Korea??? What are the legalities of that?
Like if I straight up don't come into work and then one day I'm walking down the road and bump into my director! heh Just curious is all! |
Eventually they will fire you and your visa will be canceled. You will then have 14 days to leave the country or face penalties. |
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Ilsanman
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Bucheon, Korea
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| Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:53 am Post subject: |
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Plus you may have to wait several months before qualifying for another visa.
If your apartment is school provided, you will be evicted from it as well. |
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rsmm0224
Joined: 06 Feb 2008
Location: Changwon
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| Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 7:18 am Post subject: |
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And possibly be sued for expenses and breach of contract. I don't recommend it.
Read your contract, you may be able to quit with a notice if you have another job lined up, I would do that. But I'm just in my first year so take this with a huge grain of salt. |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:16 am Post subject: |
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| Cracker006 wrote: |
| One thing they can do is cancle your visa, so you have 10 days to leave. |
14 days, not 10. |
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bovinerebel
Joined: 27 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 4:16 pm Post subject: |
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Hey I'm curious what would happen if I just straight up don't show up to work ever again??? I'm not talking about a midnight run I just mean not showing up for work yet staying in Korea??? What are the legalities of that?
Like if I straight up don't come into work and then one day I'm walking down the road and bump into my director! heh Just curious is all! |
Stay in Korea , but not for work ?
Why man ? Why !!!!???? |
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Scotticus
Joined: 18 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 4:20 pm Post subject: |
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| bovinerebel wrote: |
Stay in Korea , but not for work ?
Why man ? Why !!!!???? |
He's a masochist? |
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TheChickenLover
Joined: 17 Dec 2007
Location: The Chicken Coop
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| Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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I've done that once. I just woke up one day & said 'screw it'. Never went to work. I got a few calls but just ignored them.
Nothing happened, life moved on & I was much happier when I made the decision to stop going.
You'll be fine.
Chicken |
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mastap
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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I've done that once. I just woke up one day & said 'screw it'. Never went to work. I got a few calls but just ignored them.
Nothing happened, life moved on & I was much happier when I made the decision to stop going.
You'll be fine.
Chicken |
U still in Korea, man? Sounds cool, you did it like a man but didn't they cancel your visa? |
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Leslie Cheswyck
Joined: 31 May 2003
Location: University of Western Chile
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Chickenlove has the bulletproof F-5 visa. So immigration can't touch him.
There is no upside for E-2 visa holders to just walk off the job unless you intend to leave permantly or pull a runner/visa run.
Owning our own visas would put a huge dent in the kind of hagwon shenanigans that lead one to consider going AWOL. |
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naimah116
Joined: 03 Feb 2007
Location: Chicago
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| I never thought about it, but is this why they don't want gyopos on teaching staff? It was always framed to me as "they don't look foreign enough" but I'm sure the fact that they have ultimate bargaining power has an awful lot to do with it...hmm... |
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Yaya
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Certain hakwons need a marketing edge, and that could be having all white teachers. Plus many gyopos, especially from California, have shaky English. I remember helping a friend find a proofreader, and a few of the gyopos who called about the job couldn't speak English to save their lives. |
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Yaya
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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| TheChickenLover wrote: |
I've done that once. I just woke up one day & said 'screw it'. Never went to work. I got a few calls but just ignored them.
Nothing happened, life moved on & I was much happier when I made the decision to stop going.
You'll be fine.
Chicken |
What a loser. |
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