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Dotsy
Joined: 18 Mar 2009
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 Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 4:08 pm Post subject: Seoul or The Dole ? |
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I get the equivalent of approximately 1.5m Korean Won per month for doing nothing here in Ireland. The unemployed are taken care of... what can I say?
If I take up my job offer in Seoul in 2 weeks time I'll probably get 2.5 million a month.
I will also however be incorporating into my life the very real risk(s) of a short range ballistic ball-ache landing on my mickey mouse apartment and/or ending up in a Korean style Gulag being reeducated regarding the merits of Stalinomics.
I would still like to go but I ask you that may be more in the know...
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jinks
Joined: 27 Oct 2004
Location: Formerly: Lower North Island
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| Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Staying home and doing nothing (or more of the same old, same old) seems pretty lame compared to traveling to another country for a year. Take the job. |
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Dotsy
Joined: 18 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 4:32 pm Post subject: |
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| jinks wrote: |
| Staying home and doing nothing (or more of the same old, same old) seems pretty lame compared to traveling to another country for a year. Take the job. |
Right, that's what I wanted to hear, thanks. Bring on the risk of ball-aches and reeducation so. |
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the ireland
Joined: 11 May 2008
Location: korea
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| Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 7:11 pm Post subject: |
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| go to korea, i came back home to do my masters last summer and currently doing my dissertation while applying for jobs and waiting to hear the dole situation........the money over in korea may seem like little more than you get for doin nothin, but you can live really well, plus who the hell likes sittin on their ass all day in some small town in Ireland doin nothin.....I know i don't |
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Elric222
Joined: 19 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Work. Dole is for freeloaders. (largely). |
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Fishead soup
Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 7:42 pm Post subject: |
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Wow, I was only getting 600$ a month in Canada. Most of it went towards
the Welfare cheque drinking binge. A great Canadian tradition. You must have a lot of kids. Every sperm is sacred. |
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Robot_Teacher
Joined: 18 Feb 2009
Location: Robotting Around the World
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| Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Come try it just to travel, if you don't like it, you got something to fall back on. Heck, you might even be able to still collect your home pay, because they won't detect Korean employment in their system. Many young unemployed E.U. citizens are backpacking on their unemployment social systme payments and even teaching English. |
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Illysook
Joined: 30 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 8:34 pm Post subject: |
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| If you are very worried, you could find a job in Busan instead of Seoul...not to say that nothing could happen there, but historically, the geography of it has offered some protection. |
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Surfer Rosa
Joined: 24 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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What's a Dole?
The only thing I can think of is what strippers dance on. |
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Dotsy
Joined: 18 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 3:39 am Post subject: |
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| the ireland wrote: |
| go to korea, i came back home to do my masters last summer and currently doing my dissertation while applying for jobs and waiting to hear the dole situation........the money over in korea may seem like little more than you get for doin nothin, but you can live really well, plus who the hell likes sittin on their ass all day in some small town in Ireland doin nothin.....I know i don't |
Yeah, it's fuckin pants isn't it man. |
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Forward Observer
Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Location: FOB Gloria
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| Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 4:28 am Post subject: |
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Guinness too expensive here. Stay home and drink more.  |
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the ireland
Joined: 11 May 2008
Location: korea
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| Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 8:05 am Post subject: |
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| Fishead soup wrote: |
Wow, I was only getting 600$ a month in Canada. Most of it went towards
the Welfare cheque drinking binge. A great Canadian tradition. You must have a lot of kids. Every sperm is sacred. |
the standard dole payment in Ireland is �204 a week or something in that bracket, you then get more if you have kids and can recieve a rent allowance of about �75 a week i think, depending on your rental expenses etc |
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the ireland
Joined: 11 May 2008
Location: korea
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| Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 8:08 am Post subject: |
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| Dotsy wrote: |
| the ireland wrote: |
| go to korea, i came back home to do my masters last summer and currently doing my dissertation while applying for jobs and waiting to hear the dole situation........the money over in korea may seem like little more than you get for doin nothin, but you can live really well, plus who the hell likes sittin on their ass all day in some small town in Ireland doin nothin.....I know i don't |
Yeah, it's fuckin pants isn't it man. |
sure is...I do love that you asked should you stay or should you go and the possible answers were 'yes' and 'no'...surely 'stay' and 'go' would have been more appropriate you will love it over there and if i haven't gotten a job sorted by next feb I could be joining you, although i hope i don't have to do that |
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alphakennyone
Joined: 01 Aug 2005
Location: city heights
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| Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 10:18 am Post subject: |
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i wish america had a dole. here i am paying 700 a month in rent with no income.
it's hard to enjoy beering and reading with red numbers like that! |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 3:01 pm Post subject: Re: Seoul or The Dole ? |
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| Dotsy wrote: |
I get the equivalent of approximately 1.5m Korean Won per month for doing nothing here in Ireland. The unemployed are taken care of... what can I say?
If I take up my job offer in Seoul in 2 weeks time I'll probably get 2.5 million a month.
I will also however be incorporating into my life the very real risk(s) of a short range ballistic ball-ache landing on my mickey mouse apartment and/or ending up in a Korean style Gulag being reeducated regarding the merits of Stalinomics.
I would still like to go but I ask you that may be more in the know... |
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Nice poll.
Perhaps you should go. |
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