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[Grotto]

Once again my hagwon is pulling some shady shyte.

My contract reads that I get 10 days paid vacation above and beyond all korean national holidays. 3 of these days are reserved for the summer school vacation and the remaining 7 can be used after finishing the proportional period of your contract or before leaving Korea.

Now to me proportional: is once you have finished 1/2 your contract.
Am I wrong?

I have given them a month and a half notice and they were giving me the runaround so I calmly confronted them and asked about my vacation. Not possible! I was told; Why? You can only take your holidays at the end of your contract.

The teacher that was here before me was basically canned with 2 weeks left on her contract, she told them that she was going to take her 2 week of holidays at the end of the contract...they shorted her half a months pay, strangely enough they did pay out her bonus. I dont want to go through the same thing and I even mentioned to them that the teacher had told us that this is what had happened.

Now they want me to either cancel my holiday, or find a replacement to come out to Taebaek for the period of my vacation.

If anyone wants to take a vacation out in beautiful mountainous Taebaek email me asap.

My vacation is from May 17-21 Monday -Fri, so if you want some cash and a free place to stay for a week let me know.

[just because]

Just say...these are the dates I will not be here because of vacation.

Get a black pen and right it on the most prominant calander in your hagwon.

If they don't like it stiff cookies.

I've done that, its not that they are giving you the runaround, just that they don't want you to. Just do it.

[Grotto]

I have done exactly that. posted it on the calendar, showed the owners, the director and other teachers

'but what about your classes?'
'who's going to teach them'
or my personal fav
'if you find someone to come out here and cover your classes they will stay at your apartment'
not bloody likely
dont get me wrong the owners always pay on time, if there is discrepancy on the amount they have always made it good, but they are driving me crazy with this mickey mouse el toro caca

[just because]

Basically, if you find a foreign replacement it is illegal for them to teach there so you and him could be in big trouble(highly unlikely but if your boss is a *beep* you never know).

Who's going to teach them, I know this sounds a bit uncaring but who cares. There are holidays in your contract then you are entitled to take them, it is the hagwons responsibilty, not yours to find a replacement.

Have fun.

[kangnamdragon]

When does the staff and other teachers take vacation? There should be a couple time per year that they close the entire hagwon so everyone can take vacation.

[oneiros]

I interviewed with a school that tried to pull that on me. They told me all foreign teachers take their holiday time at the end of their contracts. I said I needed five days in summer and five days at Christmas. They said no.

Needless to say, I didn't take that job.