Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Mankind]

[Gord]

[Kristsoy]

whose job is it then? I had to go through immigration when I had my visa canceled.

and mankind, how the hell would u feel if u just got off the plane and that happend to you?
you're the loser why dont you get off his ass and help him with some advice asshole

[the eye]

mankind wrote;

[Crois]

Yeah i cant believe foreigners sleep together aswell.

[Barking Mad Lord Snapcase]

[paperbag princess]

good luck dude. i hope everything works out for you.
also, i read that even if the school refuses you release letter that you just give them a copy anyway and note that they refused to sign it and hand it in like that. am i wrong about this?

[rapier]

Because of the B.S to be overcome in korea, those lucky or experienced enough to master it, have a superiority complex over the unfortunate teachers who don't.

If you've learned the tricks of the trade here and how to avoid getting scr*wed over, you're always going to laff at someone who gets sucker- punched. Its a kind of snobbery rife among teachers here.

[Gollum]

Just read the EFL-Law site, which explains what to do if your school won't sign. Keep that paper handy.

Try to find another job IMMEDIATELY.

Tell a new school who wants to hire you all about the problem. Be honest. The new school can do a ton to help you get a new Visa -- and you may not need the work release. Maybe not having an E-2 with the place yet, and the fact that you were there just 2 weeks, will help.

If it matters, I had an E-2 for a school once, but the employer cancelled because it was a new school and he didn't have enough students to hire me. The stupid employer, however, never cancelled the E-2 with immigrations. So I came to Korea, and tried to enter as a tourist. Immigrations stopped me, pulled me into the little room next to customs, and tried to figure out what was going on. I told them that the other school didn't hire me, because they couldnt' get enough students. I said that the E-2 should be cancelled, but maybe the employer forgot.

I told them I'm coming back to Korea to find a new employer and get a new E-2. Guess what? THEY LET ME IN. And guess what else? I got a new job with a new school, and a recruiter went with the employer and helped me get a new E-2.

[the eye]

Gollum...

Thanks for the encouragement....I only wish it could be so easy in my case.
I DO have another job lined up. My previous employer (2years ago) is welcoming me back with open arms if I can only get out of this mess.
My present 'owner' is 'taunting' me to try and come back on a tourists visa. They want me to spend the money on the procedure and have me denied on my return.
I left the school yestersday with them hurling all kinds of accusations at me and the directors wife swinging at me while being restrained by her husband...in true korean drama style. I couldn't believe it was happening.

[Gollum]

As your new employer to call and try to work something out with them.

This is common in Korea.

[Barking Mad Lord Snapcase]

[Paji eh Wong]

[humanuspneumos]

Apparently the other foreign teacher (who was just hired 3days ago)relayed a comment I made about the stress affectig my teaching energy. My exact word were 'I don't know how long i can keep working in these conditions before i starts affecting my teaching.'
He told the director that 'i was going to cause students to leave'....and he swore those were my words.
I never thought a fellow foreigner could be so rotten.
The director has been coddling this guy since he arrived, and basically making my situation intolerable.


I can't count the times where the newbie- replacing some bad situation or showing up on the scene- becomes the shoulder to cry on and then judge and jury all in a few short hours of the "bad" teacher on his/her way out. Yes- when I was a newbie the owners would isolate me to tell me to stay away from this, that, and the other teacher because of bla, bla, bla. And then- after that question me about what such-n-such said.

I do think it's pretty sick when newbies take the invitation to be the hero by ratting-out someone or slurping up all the positive attention of the director and then taking a "bad teacher, bad teacher" position.

Such newbies need their @ss kicked for the brown-noser, ratting-out, superior attitudes they take because such low-lifes wouldn't get away with that kind of crap in Britain, Australia, America, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand... Newbies don't understand that in most instances a lot of shhhht has been unloaded on the previous/old teacher and perhaps ought to shut-up and wait in line when the shhhhhht hits the fan for them.

Why do so many newbies, when the owner cries on their shoulder, have to be the hero? Why? It's almost like it's a pre-programmed response.

[Mankind]