Korean Job Discussion Forums

[coolsage]

After 6+ years in Korea I thought I was shockproof. Today I learned something that blew that away. A young woman who was a graduate of the uni where I now work (let's call it uni X), went to work at another uni in the same city (uni Y). in a secretarial capacity, a go-to person with a decent command of English, in the English Department. Saving her won, with ambitions to return to uni X to pursue a Master's degree in English. All good stuff. Then she was informed by her current employer (Y), that if she gives notice and follows her career path, he will see to it that a) she never graduates, and b) she never works in this town, or any other town, again. Yes, he's hopefully the last of a dying breed of tight-assed- Confucian-non thinking Koreans, but before he fades away he is dictating the outcome of the lives of vulnerable young women who have not yet developed the psychological resources to deal with a-holes like him, whom, it seems still pull the the strings here in the Termite Kingdom. She is tearful, and I, who can do nothing for her beyond lending a shoulder, am sickened.

[just because]

Why is being such a *beep*????

If he is that angry to lose her she must be a damn good worker. I would walk if I were her(easier said than done) as it sounds like the longer she is there the harder it will become for her to leave.

Best you can do is probably just be a good friend. i bet you would love to punch the living shit out of him though.

[Mr. Pink]

The Korean woman should get some guys to beat him...preferably so that he visits the hospital. It would be hard for him to ruin her chances if he has a pipe coming out of his throat.

[Barking Mad Lord Snapcase]

When I read stories like this, I realise that Korea losing its "culture" isn't always a bad thing.

[Paji eh Wong]

My old boss threatened one of my Korean coworkers with "never working in this town again". It was all bulls#it.

I don't know how universities here work, and I don't know the guy, but chances are, there's nothing he can do besides make nasty phone calls. If your friend is just discrete about it, I'm sure things will be fine.

Why can't you do anything for her? If she wants to follow her path badly enough, she'll do it eventually. Maybe she just needs to be talked into it.

[rapier]

Situations like this is what gangsters are for. Pay the men to do a job..

[diver]

I'll beat him for free

[weatherman]

[tokki]

Get him beat down. Thats the best policy in my book. Chances are that efter a visit from a few gangsters, he will change his stance without the boys having to even land a punch.

[Pyongshin Sangja]

You said she was a graduate. Maybe she is wating for the actual diploma. How can a prof at one uni influence the registrars at another? This guy should have his balls set on fire.

[peppergirl]

Seems completely opposite to my prof here (I'm a researcher at a uni). He is always concerned with our future careers, both male and female grad students/post docs.

[TheUrbanMyth]

[Real Reality]

coolsage,
Are you aware of the economic participation of women in Korea?

When we look at the Korea's 2002 female economic participation rate of 49.7 percent, it was dead last in the OECD; the average for that organization was 69.8 percent. Moreover, we often find women employed in the nonprofessional and other more insecure job sectors. In this current situation where jobs are segregated by sex, our high-quality female work force cannot find its proper place.
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200403/200403220031.html

TheUrbanMyth may be right.
"What power has he demonstrated, besides blowing some hot air?"

[Butterfly]