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[realbrownbear]

Hi, I hope someone can help. My friend has recently starting working at a hagwon that expects too much from the teachers and is constantly changing and increasing the workload. Managers are unreasonable and they offer poor training, unfortunately the only benefit is the money.
To put it bluntly she's unhappy and wants to move schools. She is one month into her contract and is a US citizen.

What are the consequences for NOT informing her current employers that she is leaving (the contract states 2 months notice)?

Would it be best not to advise new employers/recruiters about her current employment when applying - or will they be understanding?

Does all paperwork have to be new (FBI check, degree apostilled etc) or is any of it saved to be 're-used'?

Thank you

John

[Troglodyte]

Does she have an ARC yet? What's her nationality? If she doesn't have the ARC yet, she could potentially leave before getting the ARC and then wait for her visa to expire (unless she has a 1 year visa - ie. from America). Otherwise she can just cancel the visa on the way out of by handing in her ARC and telling them she's not coming back (on that visa).

If she tells the school, she won't likely get paid for her last month. So, if they're being jerks, then she should just leave. She should start to get all her documents ready now. Once she has them, she should just wait until pay day and then leave.

If she plans on coming back, she should look for jobs before she leaves. Maybe a week or 2 before. Many schools/recruiters won't care that she ran from her current job. She just needs to explain that the current school is treating her badly. Recruiters in particular will work with her because they need to place teachers to get paid. A teacher already in Korea (i.e. can do a live interview) who can do a visa run (i.e. cheap to get them here) and can start really soon (i.e. while waiting for the visa application to go through) is worth a lot more than someone abroad. If she's not picky about where she'll work, she could probably get a job offer within a week. If she's adamant that she wants a job with an immediate start and willing to work for a couple weeks while the school applies for a visa, then she could get an offer within 2 weeks.

Is she based in Seoul or on the Seoul subway line? If so, she can easily pop into Seoul to do interviews.

First thing though is that she should get all her documents ready for another visa.