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[mil]

about 2 months ago I signed a contract in America to work for a hagwan in South Korea. this position was found for me by a canadian based recruitment company. 2 days before my scheduled departure I get news that enrollment at this hagwan was down so they cut my job. surprisingly, the hagwan still offered to fly my here. so i took that offer, they flew me here and put me up in an apartment at their cost. before i left for south korea, my recruiter told me that they're going to try to find me a temporary job until next term when enrollment would be up at the hagwan. that didn't happen. so my director at the school found me a 1 year job through EPIK. but now the issue is recruitment fees. who pays who?

[cruisemonkey]

It doesn't matter as long as you don't pay anyone anything.

[mil]

amen to that!

[mil]

soooo they wanted to split the cost with me. i said no. soooo im now in south korea with no job! awesome!

[PRagic]

Does Canada have the US equivalent of a Better Business Bureau? If so, report them.

NEVER, EVER, EVER PAY FOR A JOB. PERIOD.

[wylies99]

OP, did the recruiter try to say YOU owed the RECRUITER money? That's BS. Don't pay them anything and post the name of that recruiter.

[lifeinkorea]

Give them a nice wad of Monopoly money.

[oldtactics]

why do you have no job - I thought you got a job through EPIK?

regardless, you don't owe anything.

[mil]

My hagwan basically dicked around too long, so the position that EPIK was holding for me got filled yesterday. Until yesyerday, I expected to pay nothing out of my pocket. From what I gathered, EPIK needed recruitment fees for me to start working there...the amount was 1.5 million won. After some negotiation, the best deal I got was to split the recruitment fee 3 ways (the hagwan, my director and myself). My recruiter is not to blame here, it's the disorganization of my newly opened hagwan led by ill experienced management.

[RedRob]

Dont be daft- dont pay a bloody thing.

Hang tight, now you are in Korea, you will find a job no problem.

Good luck, & keep yr wallet in yr pocket.

[Otherside]

[thomas pars]

why dont you stay in the west. youre too nice or stupid for here.

[mil]

thank you thomas for your opinion...i swear to god i hate coming on here sometimes because of useless negative bastards like yourself. do yourself a favor and go e-picking somewhere else *beep*.

to the rest of you, thank you all for your opinions. this is obviously my first time taking an ESL job. i gave up on this school finding me anything (half the staff has quit within the past week). i am in touch with some local friends and recruiters to help me get a job.

[mil]

and just to clarify my recruiter never told me to pay anything. i finally got in touch with my recruiter and they're trying to get me out of this situation asap.

[wylies99]