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jdog2050
Joined: 17 Dec 2006
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 Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 8:43 pm Post subject: Anyone here ever quit a corporate job before their year... |
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...was up?
I just got a sweet job offer, but they of course want someone now now now. I'm only half way through a year at a corporate job.
I feel like it would indeed be worth it to leave my current job, but I am, and will be, on an E7 visa, which immi can dismiss at the drop of a hat.
Anyone here ever bail on a corporate gig and come out fine? |
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Forward Observer
Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Location: FOB Gloria
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| Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 12:34 pm Post subject: |
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I would just give them proper notice (2 weeks is enough) and take the new job. Koreans do it all the time, there's no reason why you can't do it as well.
In my two years at a corp gig, I watched dozens of engineers accept a position and leave within months of starting at my company. It happens all the time. Don't worry about it. |
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jdog2050
Joined: 17 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 4:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Forward Observer wrote: |
I would just give them proper notice (2 weeks is enough) and take the new job. Koreans do it all the time, there's no reason why you can't do it as well.
In my two years at a corp gig, I watched dozens of engineers accept a position and leave within months of starting at my company. It happens all the time. Don't worry about it. |
Cool, and that's actually what I was thinking.
Not much of a diff though since the job wanted me to start, like, today (of course). |
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OneWayTraffic
Joined: 14 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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| jdog2050 wrote: |
| Forward Observer wrote: |
I would just give them proper notice (2 weeks is enough) and take the new job. Koreans do it all the time, there's no reason why you can't do it as well.
In my two years at a corp gig, I watched dozens of engineers accept a position and leave within months of starting at my company. It happens all the time. Don't worry about it. |
Cool, and that's actually what I was thinking.
Not much of a diff though since the job wanted me to start, like, today (of course). |
If they want you to start today, I'd have a very careful look at the job before quitting the one you have. |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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| hmmmm, E7, that's a rare one. |
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jdog2050
Joined: 17 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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| OneWayTraffic wrote: |
| jdog2050 wrote: |
| Forward Observer wrote: |
I would just give them proper notice (2 weeks is enough) and take the new job. Koreans do it all the time, there's no reason why you can't do it as well.
In my two years at a corp gig, I watched dozens of engineers accept a position and leave within months of starting at my company. It happens all the time. Don't worry about it. |
Cool, and that's actually what I was thinking.
Not much of a diff though since the job wanted me to start, like, today (of course). |
If they want you to start today, I'd have a very careful look at the job before quitting the one you have. |
This^^^
It seemed like a sweet job, and I felt bad for the guy interviewing...like he knew it was retarded but was just trying to get someone.
I'm happy for whoever gets the job though; it was the one on worknplay for editing videogame scripts. |
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eIn07912
Joined: 06 Dec 2008
Location: seoul
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| Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:27 pm Post subject: |
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| slightly off topic, but just kind of curious what these corporate gigs pay? how much do u work? what r pros and cons vs. teaching? i got a pretty sweet ps teaching gig, but am always look for greener grass ya know. |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 8:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Captain Corea wrote: |
| hmmmm, E7, that's a rare one. |
Not really, I came here on an E7 before getting married. You just need a company that is willing to go that extra mile for you... some of them are willing. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 9:23 pm Post subject: |
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| I had a corporate job for a while, hated it and quit. Lived here on a tourist visa unemployed for a few months then started looking for a new job. Worked for TEPS for a short time (it was even worse than the other job). Quit that one and moved on to a better job--kept it for 4 years. I was fine. |
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jdog2050
Joined: 17 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 9:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
| I had a corporate job for a while, hated it and quit. Lived here on a tourist visa unemployed for a few months then started looking for a new job. Worked for TEPS for a short time (it was even worse than the other job). Quit that one and moved on to a better job--kept it for 4 years. I was fine. |
TEPS? The teacher exchange program for Seocho? |
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crossmr
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 10:12 pm Post subject: |
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| tzechuk wrote: |
| Captain Corea wrote: |
| hmmmm, E7, that's a rare one. |
Not really, I came here on an E7 before getting married. You just need a company that is willing to go that extra mile for you... some of them are willing. |
If you work at any of the english villages you can get an E7. They're desperate to give them away. |
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jkelly80
Joined: 13 Jun 2007
Location: you boys like mexico?
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| Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 7:45 am Post subject: |
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| crossmr wrote: |
| tzechuk wrote: |
| Captain Corea wrote: |
| hmmmm, E7, that's a rare one. |
Not really, I came here on an E7 before getting married. You just need a company that is willing to go that extra mile for you... some of them are willing. |
If you work at any of the english villages you can get an E7. They're desperate to give them away. |
Oh really? Do you have any evidence of this? |
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crossmr
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 1:56 pm Post subject: |
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Oh really? Do you have any evidence of this? |
I have a Korean friend who worked at the Paju english village. They've been trying for months to find a native speaker to work there. She just transferred to a location inside seoul about a month ago, but last I heard they were still looking for someone. They give out E7s there.
Paju is a short trip from seoul but closer than a lot of them. If they're having trouble probably most of the rest of them are having trouble as well. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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| jdog2050 wrote: |
| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
| I had a corporate job for a while, hated it and quit. Lived here on a tourist visa unemployed for a few months then started looking for a new job. Worked for TEPS for a short time (it was even worse than the other job). Quit that one and moved on to a better job--kept it for 4 years. I was fine. |
TEPS? The teacher exchange program for Seocho? |
No, the big company that scams the public with shoddy listening tapes and monthly booklets. They also have one of the big English test programs.
Beware of greasy used car salesmen type guys on subways offering jobs. |
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roadwork
Joined: 24 Nov 2008
Location: Goin' up the country
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| Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:57 pm Post subject: |
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| crossmr wrote: |
| jkelly80 wrote: |
Oh really? Do you have any evidence of this? |
I have a Korean friend who worked at the Paju english village. They've been trying for months to find a native speaker to work there. She just transferred to a location inside seoul about a month ago, but last I heard they were still looking for someone. They give out E7s there.
Paju is a short trip from seoul but closer than a lot of them. If they're having trouble probably most of the rest of them are having trouble as well. |
I live close to the Paju location and know the bartender at the pub. She told me that they are getting fewer and fewer teachers to come work there and NO ONE is renewing their contracts. |
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