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viva_chikilicuatre
Joined: 26 Feb 2009
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 Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 6:01 am Post subject: Quitting after +6 months -- do I have to pay back airfare? |
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| I've read all over that 6 months is the point beyond which you're no longer liable for your plane ticket to Korea, but is that the law or just convention? My contract says 9 months. But my boss has violated and ignored the contract left and right -- maybe now I can have a turn? |
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losing_touch
Joined: 26 Jun 2008
Location: Ulsan - I think!
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| Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 6:06 am Post subject: |
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| You should go by what your contract states. |
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the ireland
Joined: 11 May 2008
Location: korea
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| Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 6:58 am Post subject: |
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| your owner is allowed to violate the terms of the contract, he is korean! |
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ontheway
Joined: 24 Aug 2005
Location: Somewhere under the rainbow...
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| Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 7:33 am Post subject: Re: Quitting after +6 months -- do I have to pay back airfar |
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| viva_chikilicuatre wrote: |
| I've read all over that 6 months is the point beyond which you're no longer liable for your plane ticket to Korea, but is that the law or just convention? My contract says 9 months. But my boss has violated and ignored the contract left and right -- maybe now I can have a turn? |
There is no "6 month" rule. It is standard, but whatever your contract says is the rule for you, and for your boss as well. |
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sarbonn
Joined: 14 Oct 2008
Location: Michigan
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| Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 7:38 am Post subject: |
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| Are you planning to stay in Korea? If so, then you might have a problem. But I don't really see how they can enforce it (other than to stand at the boarding gate at the airport) if you're going home. |
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John_ESL_White
Joined: 12 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 8:13 am Post subject: |
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If you are one of the wise and lucky few who have not had two weeks pay held back, then quit when you want and do not worry about airfare reimbursement. If they've held back two weeks pay, then there's your airfare.
Just run. |
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Cerriowen
Joined: 03 Jun 2006
Location: Pocheon
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| Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 3:56 pm Post subject: |
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| John_ESL_White wrote: |
If you are one of the wise and lucky few who have not had two weeks pay held back, then quit when you want and do not worry about airfare reimbursement. If they've held back two weeks pay, then there's your airfare.
Just run. |
They hold back 2 weeks pay? I've never heard of that. Is it a new thing? |
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the ireland
Joined: 11 May 2008
Location: korea
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| Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 4:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Cerriowen wrote: |
| John_ESL_White wrote: |
If you are one of the wise and lucky few who have not had two weeks pay held back, then quit when you want and do not worry about airfare reimbursement. If they've held back two weeks pay, then there's your airfare.
Just run. |
They hold back 2 weeks pay? I've never heard of that. Is it a new thing? |
never heard of that either, i did pay three installments of 200,000 won though as a security deposit for my apartment, but i got it back |
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nomad-ish
Joined: 08 Oct 2007
Location: On the bottom of the food chain
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| Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 4:04 pm Post subject: |
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| he means that the pay period usually ends at the end of the month, yet many hagwons don't have pay day until the 10th of the following month (2 weeks pay is held until next pay day) |
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viva_chikilicuatre
Joined: 26 Feb 2009
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| Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 6:00 am Post subject: |
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| I'm not in the 2-weeks-pay-withheld situation and I want to stay in the country (minus a possible visa run) so I suppose I'll have to try to haggle a bit. Or just pay in full; at this point it's surely worth it to get out. Still, anybody got any experience negotiating this type of thing? Advice? |
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SharkDiver
Joined: 08 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 6:21 am Post subject: |
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| Haggling probably won't work.......when you start to haggle they will know you want to leave and then really screw you every single way they can. I f he hasn't been honoring the contract I doubt he will ever. He is Korean and will tell you anything you want to hear then screw you. Seems to be their way. |
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