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JulieBethCO
Joined: 12 Jan 2012
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 Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 6:56 am Post subject: Flight reimbursement policy change? |
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I recently accepted a position with a pubic school in Busan. My recruiter seems to be straight forward; however, I was surprised he didn't mention that there was a policy change in flight reimbursement until now. He said now you must wait 6 months to be reimbursed.
Does anyone know of the policy change that occurred in February? Or is this a common policy?
Excerpt from his email:
"Previously, I informed you that once you have your ARC, the flight entrance allowance will be transferred into your Korean bank account. However, new policy has come into effect since February this year whereby you will only receive your flight entrance allowance once you have been here for a total of 6 months." |
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plchron
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read the contract you signed. it should say quite clearly when it is paid.
If the contract is any of the normal epik ones that I have seen then you should get it in the first month. If it has been modified then you can either go along with it or pass. most schools still pay up front (hagwon) or pay you back within the first month. |
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sweetkiss
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| yeah i think the new epik contracts are like that so if u have quit before 6 months then u have to pay back the flight reimbursement and if u quit after 6 months (before the year is up) you dont get ur flight imbursement going out |
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Troglodyte
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The only situation in which I would buy my own ticket to Korea is if I didn't already have a visa before coming. If you are getting the work visa before coming to Korea, then the school should provide you with a ticket. At the very least, they should reimburse you within the first month, but I'd only accept that from a public school. Once you have the E2 visa, you can't contract with another school unless you terminate the visa and go through the whole visa application process again. They know this. Withholding the reimbursement of airfare is just a thing that school try to use to coerce you into sticking around even if they treat you badly. If a school is setting up a situation like that, then you can probably guess why. Either they don't trust you, or they are intending to cut their losses later on the off chance that they want to can you for whatever reason. Neither is going to work out well for you.
Pass on this job offer. There're plenty more schools looking to hire. |
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ontheway
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Location: Somewhere under the rainbow...
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| Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 7:21 am Post subject: Re: Flight reimbursement policy change? |
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| JulieBethCO wrote: |
I recently accepted a position with a pubic school in Busan. My recruiter seems to be straight forward; however, I was surprised he didn't mention that there was a policy change in flight reimbursement until now. He said now you must wait 6 months to be reimbursed.
Does anyone know of the policy change that occurred in February? Or is this a common policy?
Excerpt from his email:
"Previously, I informed you that once you have your ARC, the flight entrance allowance will be transferred into your Korean bank account. However, new policy has come into effect since February this year whereby you will only receive your flight entrance allowance once you have been here for a total of 6 months." |
Sounds like the public schools have had so many runners who have left after payday and without repaying their incoming tickets during the first 6 months that they've changed their reimbursement policy. No surprise really and no problem for teachers who intend to honor their contracts. If you stay 6 months you get the money and if you run you don't have to pay back airfare that you never received. |
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Troglodyte
Joined: 06 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 9:41 am Post subject: Re: Flight reimbursement policy change? |
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| ontheway wrote: |
| JulieBethCO wrote: |
I recently accepted a position with a pubic school in Busan. My recruiter seems to be straight forward; however, I was surprised he didn't mention that there was a policy change in flight reimbursement until now. He said now you must wait 6 months to be reimbursed.
Does anyone know of the policy change that occurred in February? Or is this a common policy?
Excerpt from his email:
"Previously, I informed you that once you have your ARC, the flight entrance allowance will be transferred into your Korean bank account. However, new policy has come into effect since February this year whereby you will only receive your flight entrance allowance once you have been here for a total of 6 months." |
Sounds like the public schools have had so many runners who have left after payday and without repaying their incoming tickets during the first 6 months that they've changed their reimbursement policy. No surprise really and no problem for teachers who intend to honor their contracts. If you stay 6 months you get the money and if you run you don't have to pay back airfare that you never received. |
And if your employer wants to can you during the first 6 months, they have nothing to lose. |
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warmachinenkorea
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| Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 3:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Most people want to get that flight off their credit cards now people have to wait 6 months to do that. |
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YTMND
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| warmachinenkorea wrote: |
| Most people want to get that flight off their credit cards now people have to wait 6 months to do that. |
A charge on the credit card for just a flight can easily be paid off after one month in Korea. That's not the issue. The issue is whether or not we should be reimbursed for a flight to begin with.
I would look at any security deposits to determine my position on this. If we look at only one variable, then there is no way to judge. If the school took out 200,000 for the first 3 months, than you would be out about half of the flight money. If you accepted a lower salary, then you would be out 900,000. So, basically, the actual amount is not the issue either.
If they want 6 months, fine, then I want a higher salary to compensate for it for 6 months at least. If the salary was 2.2 starting out, then I would want 2.4 for 5 months, 2.3 for the 6th month and whatever was left from the unpaid airfare reimbursement. From the 7th month, they can pay the 2.2.
Either that, something better, or don't take the job. |
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Stan Rogers
Joined: 20 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 4:46 pm Post subject: Re: Flight reimbursement policy change? |
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| ontheway wrote: |
| JulieBethCO wrote: |
I recently accepted a position with a pubic school in Busan. My recruiter seems to be straight forward; however, I was surprised he didn't mention that there was a policy change in flight reimbursement until now. He said now you must wait 6 months to be reimbursed.
Does anyone know of the policy change that occurred in February? Or is this a common policy?
Excerpt from his email:
"Previously, I informed you that once you have your ARC, the flight entrance allowance will be transferred into your Korean bank account. However, new policy has come into effect since February this year whereby you will only receive your flight entrance allowance once you have been here for a total of 6 months." |
Sounds like the public schools have had so many runners who have left after payday and without repaying their incoming tickets during the first 6 months that they've changed their reimbursement policy. No surprise really and no problem for teachers who intend to honor their contracts. If you stay 6 months you get the money and if you run you don't have to pay back airfare that you never received. |
The foreign scumbags just keep coming. Weaseling a free ride to Asia out of a school.  |
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warmachinenkorea
Joined: 12 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 8:21 pm Post subject: |
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| A charge on the credit card for just a flight can easily be paid off after one month in Korea. That's not the issue. |
I know many people who don't have a chance to start paying back their debt for the first 3 months they're here. Some people come over with debt others don't.
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| The issue is whether or not we should be reimbursed for a flight to begin with. |
How is this an issue? It's part of the package for the job.
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