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Kiwi Tart
Joined: 17 Jul 2006
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:12 am Post subject: Getting Married... Korean standards on days off? |
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My friend is getting married in December.
To be convenient he is having the wedding during the 1 week winter vacation. The wedding is in another country (his wife is foreign, so they are getting married in her home country).
He's asking for an extra 2 days off so they won't have to rush the wedding.
HOWEVER, our hagwon boss is flat out saying "No. It's Impossible" And even suggested that they leave to return to work IMMEDIATELY after the ceremony, so they won't be late for work on Monday.
Aren't they supposed to give a person 3 or 7 days off for GETTING MARRIED?
Is there something in the labor laws about this? |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:47 pm Post subject: |
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This isn't exactly the same, but close enough. At a private high school I worked at, a guy's mother died on a Sunday. The school gave him 4 days off (M-Th) and he returned on Friday. He then had to make up every one of the classes he'd missed. It took him about 3 weeks.
I don't think the Korean mind set is atuned to any conditions that arise outside of work. |
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Netz
Joined: 11 Oct 2004
Location: a parallel universe where people and places seem to be the exact opposite of "normal"
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| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
This isn't exactly the same, but close enough. At a private high school I worked at, a guy's mother died on a Sunday. The school gave him 4 days off (M-Th) and he returned on Friday. He then had to make up every one of the classes he'd missed. It took him about 3 weeks.
I don't think the Korean mind set is atuned to any conditions that arise outside of work. |
That's generally true of the uneducated middle class Koreans who run hogwans.
I've found that educated upper middle class Koreans are just like Westerners when it comes to respect for family (and extending that benefit to others).
You're dealing with the dregs of Korean society when you speak of hogwan owners though, and they don't give a f*%& about anything but their current bottom line.
It's easy to generalize statements about "Koreans", but remember that there are well educated, civilized people in this society as well, it's just that unless you're doing something other than teaching ESL, you won't meet many of them (unless you do privates for the children of educated professionals, or work at a K corp.).
It's not fair to stereotype all Koreans based of the behavior of moronic jackass hagwon owners and micro managing K mom ajumas.
They're in a class by themselves from my experience. |
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rhinocharge64
Joined: 20 Sep 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 5:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Completely agree with the last poster, I mix with the upper middle class who have a completely different mind set. Your mate is getting married, is she Korean? If she is he can take an eternity from said hogwon, due to visa status. |
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Kiwi Tart
Joined: 17 Jul 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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| rhinocharge64 wrote: |
| Completely agree with the last poster, I mix with the upper middle class who have a completely different mind set. Your mate is getting married, is she Korean? If she is he can take an eternity from said hogwon, due to visa status. |
No My friend is an American guy. His wife is Thai. |
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Rob'sdad
Joined: 12 May 2008
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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(if the Fraulein is Korean)
Register your marriage prior to the actually wedding. Get an F-2-1.
Keep quiet about the visa change.
Invite all the staff to the wedding so they can drop envelope.
Enjoy your honeymoon
Come back and get a decent job. |
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