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[Juregen]

The moment you stay home without approval or doctor's note, it could be considered as a mutual consent on ending your contract.

[Tommy]

[Juregen]

[zimmerman]

[zimmerman]

[moosehead]

hey zimmerman - Kimmi really frowns upon schools that bring people over and then fire them - they have to file papers that guarantees their ability to sponsor a foreign teacher - whatever their financial problems are, they aren't going to get any better if Kimmi finds out they can't afford their teacher they just brought over!

I know you are immensely stressed right now but try and show some indignation about this - this is top of the line, prime num 1 BS this school is showing you - !

don't sign their stinking termination notice - screw'm - tell them you didn't pick up and move halfway around the world to be presented w/their nonsense, seriously!

you might even go down to Kimmi on your own and just tell them you've been fired by your school but you don't think they have enough money to pay you. make a stink but have a place to stay if you do so because you certainly won't afterwards!

anyway good luck and don't worry about another job you'll find one soon enough -

[zimmerman]

[Harpeau]

[zimmerman]

[I-am-me]

It's very plawsible.

[Tommy]

[cck3000]

This is a tuffy. I have heard this before from other people here. They went public. I think public is the ONLY way to go in Korea unless you have a F-4 visa that gives you more flexibility, but if not I would stick with public schools.


I wish you the best.

CK

[zimmerman]

Thanks for the support everybody!

Well, I went in and stated my case. She told me that they were going to withhold my two weeks wages for the airfare. Then she wanted a letter of resignation. I told her I was fired and showed her Article 32 of the Korean Labors Standard Act: stating that 30 days notice was required before terminating a contract or 30 days pay in lieu.

She made a phone call and then said to come in Friday and she would have my two weeks wages, deduct the other two weeks (out of the thirty days) for airfare and we would go to immigration to terminate the contract. At least that's what I think she said, her English is so bad. I didn't want to push it further. I just wanted my two weeks.

I told her that I was leaving the city and I needed it to be sooner than that, but she insisted that head quarters needed to produce a document they wanted me to sign terminating the contract and that it took time for my payment to process. I asked her if the payment was guaranteed and then she said "maybe," and then she said "I think" and then she said "for sure" (again, her English sucks).

Therefore, She gave me the IMPRESSION that I was going get paid and that she thinks it's for the half month I worked but headquarters still had to figure it out. I should have asked for something in writing but I knew she would have said that headquarters still had to figure out how much I was going to get. But again she said it was "maybe, I think, for sure" for the two weeks.

I don't know. Maybe I should have been tougher about getting it in writing. I was sick of arguing.

So anyways, that's where I stand. I have to wait around until Friday and then I will go into the office, they will pay me (I doubt it) and then they will show me a document about terminating the contract. She said it was going to be in English. I know almost everyone on this board is saying don't sign anything, but what if it says in English that the contract is being terminated and nothing else? Would that be alright? Especially if I actually get paid? I know it's not likely, but what if?

I doubt I will get anything. These people seem to be jerking me around every chance they get. And I've been out of work since March, and now I have to wait until Friday. That's two weeks of sitting on my ass right there.

I would like to start applying for other jobs so I do something this week, but I don't know if I should mention this school. I'm wondering if all this will leave a paper trail forcing me to tell them about the place. Does anybody think it would? If I get everything canceled and start fresh?

I know some posters have told me that the new employers won't care if I got fired. I hope so. It's not that I don't believe them. But I hope so. I still don't know how this thing is going to end up and if it ends up bad I would hate to get a shitty reference from them.

This whole experience is exhausting. Meanwhile I have to stay at this apartment. The landlord is this old guy who keeps giving me these expensive bills and I just want to get outta here. I can't even do any interviews in Pusan because I'm planning on going to Seoul.

It's going to be a long week. I can't even really enjoy being out here until this is all finished, and I manage to find another job. Then who knows, maybe I'll have to deal with their crap.

[lifeinkorea]

Don't do any training at your next job. That just gives them a reason for doing what they did to you.

[TheUrbanMyth]