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esetters21
Joined: 30 Apr 2006
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 9:38 pm Post subject: SMOE airfare reimbursement |
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| Has anyone in the recent hiring period that flew over on their own dime been payed back yet for your airfare? |
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daddy daycare
Joined: 15 Apr 2008
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| Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 10:59 pm Post subject: |
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hi there
got paid in a week..... |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 2:23 am Post subject: Re: SMOE airfare reimbursement |
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| esetters21 wrote: |
| Has anyone in the recent hiring period that flew over on their own dime been payed back yet for your airfare? |
Doesn't the SMOE contract require reimbursement within 14 days - the GEPIK one does. |
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prideofidaho
Joined: 19 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 4:56 am Post subject: |
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I got mine in mid-November (last year).
As I remember, it was the school that paid me back. Keep asking about it till it happens...might just be a case of someone not knowing the procedure, as that was the problem at my school. |
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 7:29 am Post subject: |
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| If it helps you, I flew out of Korea on my own dime in August and got reimbursed with my August paycheck. I went through my district supervisor and was paid through my school. This is better than the SMOE office who loses paperwork, doesn't return emails, doesn't understand the contract (talking to you Jon Park) and is awful to deal with. They are understaffed and the head NSET coordinator is great, but the peons working in the office are often rude and incompetent. |
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chickyabroad
Joined: 24 Jul 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 4:15 pm Post subject: |
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| I came Sept 1 and was told my school just received the money for the reimbursement last week so I should have gotten it with my paycheck on Friday. |
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esetters21
Joined: 30 Apr 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 5:33 pm Post subject: |
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| chickyabroad wrote: |
| I came Sept 1 and was told my school just received the money for the reimbursement last week so I should have gotten it with my paycheck on Friday. |
Yeah, that was what I was told by my CT as well, but low and behold, it was not included in Friday's pay. |
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chickyabroad
Joined: 24 Jul 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 6:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Hmmm, haven't checked my bank yet... I'll have to do that. |
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MollyBloom
Joined: 21 Jul 2006
Location: James Joyce's pants
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah, well I didn't even get paid yet!! |
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sojusucks
Joined: 31 May 2008
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 11:24 pm Post subject: |
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In Korea, you have to be proactive, especially about money. Bring it up. If an unreasonable amount of time goes by, then your school has essentially broken your contract. Refusing to teach should be almost the last resort, while filing a lawsuit with the Ministry of Labor the absolute last resort.
Good luck. |
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egrog1717
Joined: 12 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 1:13 am Post subject: |
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| Got mine on Friday, but they shortchanged me on the exchange... Also, because it was added to my regular pay I got double dipped on my pension/healthcare/taxes... |
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 2:06 am Post subject: |
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| egrog1717 wrote: |
| Got mine on Friday, but they shortchanged me on the exchange... Also, because it was added to my regular pay I got double dipped on my pension/healthcare/taxes... |
If you paid USD, demand USD. If they want to pay in KRW, demand the amount at the time you purchased it or at the current exchange rate. There's no reason for you to have to be burdened because they took their time reimbursing you. |
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icicle
Joined: 09 Feb 2007
Location: Gyeonggi do Korea
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| Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 3:01 am Post subject: |
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| Got mine on Friday, but they shortchanged me on the exchange... Also, because it was added to my regular pay I got double dipped on my pension/healthcare/taxes... |
Are you sure that the reason for the apparent "double dipping' on pension/healthcare is because you have been reimbursed for your airfare at the same time as your pay? I ask that because assuming that just being remimbursed for your airfare implies to me that you are in your first couple of months in the country. And at least for medical insurance you have to pay for a full month's worth of payment for each month you are here ... so even if you are only here for a couple of days in your first month you still have to pay for that full month ... That can mean that the first or second time you are paid you are charged for the equivalent of 2 months of the payments ... I was confused the first time that it happened to me ... But that is how the system is supposed to work ... So I wouldn't necessarily blame the airfare payment for that happening ... It is more likely to just be the normal process of starting up ... |
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