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[fermentation]

This recently happened to a friend of mine and I was wondering if this kind of stuff is common and if you guys can offer advice.

My friend was working at an establishment (not sure if school or hagwon) and taught little kids for a few months, but was offered another job from a different place. She decided to take the job because it was a more established company, got more pay, and taught adults. Since she wasn't working for her old job, she had to move out of her apartment. She went to a motel (which she has to pay for) the new company suggested. They couldn't give her housing until she got through all the training and mock sessions and became an official employee.

So she did all the training and lessons with potential students (who seemed to like her according to my friend). The company delayed actually employing her citing visa issues, which doesn't seem to make sense since its the company's responsibility to sponser the visa. Then they sent her an email saying that they decided not to hire her. Now she's in Korea jobless and with a motel bill. This is my friend's first time in Korea.

I obviously don't know all the details nor do I know the other side of the story, but does this kind of stuff happen often? Do employers promise jobs then decide last minute not to hire after the employee made arrangements to work?

[Pa Jan Jo A Hamnida]

Yes. Sometimes an employer will not complete the visa process but want you to still teach. Perhaps the business is in trouble?

[Carla]

SMOE just did this thing to about 100 other teachers.

Considering your friend was actually involved with the new school, I would place my bets that there was something about her they didn't like. Perhaps the way she taught in mock classes? If she was working with potential students, it could have been based on how many of the "potential" students registered for the classes. Not enough students signed up, so they didn't want her.

Sorry for your friend, hope she lands on her feet.

[Tigerstyleone]

Perhaps you don't know the whole story. There are some details she's not telling you. What about her release documents, blood tests, dna sample, proof of insurance ann all that. Or is she just tell you that she quit and moved into a hotel and suddenly they don't want to hire her.

There seems to be a hiccup with her visa so the school found another teacher with all the proper paperwork. Much easier to deal with.

[fermentation]

[halfmanhalfbiscuit]

She`was probably a stop-gap.

Hey! Thanks for working free for a week! Really appreciate it!

[Carla]

[cruisemonkey]

Newbies,

Learn from this thread.

As I've said before... K-land will eat the naive and belch unapologetically.

[Konglishman]

Perhaps, she became nervous when one of the directors came in to watch her. Then, that might have gotten used against her. Anyways, I could easily see that scenario happening as something similar happened to me once.

[Konglishman]

[asylum seeker]

Yar, it seems fermentation be a pirate!

[ChinaChao1]

Yeah, I learned my lesson and it wasn't even from K-land AND it wasn't even as bad as, "I quit my job and now there is no new job..." It was just putting all my eggs into one basket and being led for almost a month into believing that I had a job but I guess you live and learn.

[sketcha]

as halfmanhalfbiscuit said, could it be a possible con job ..?
get potential teachers to teach classes for free

or used as a 'measuring stick' for new classes, and if not enough students signed for the new class ~ well, sorry ...

but employer here can be fickle at times, and able to change their mind a few times in a second

[D.D.]

Maybe she kept teaching the term "me friend" to the kids.

[T-dot]

They probably thought that she could transfer her VISA without a glitch. When they found out that they couldnt, they dropped her.