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[OMGtrev]

So I signed a contract with KASE, an after school program agency that hires teachers to be placed at schools around Seoul. They offered me a job that was close by my good friend and KASE teacher so that we could get a big apartment together. We got the apartment, got moved in, and he had already started his contract. I came home a few days ago for a couple of weeks before my contract was to start and I just got an email today saying I wasn't going to be able to work at the school. The thing is, I already signed the contract. They told me before I left that the school didn't want to hire the fat slob that was working there because he was a problem teacher. They also said when I first signed that he didn't want to re-sign anyway. Then, the last day before coming home, they said he DID want to re-sign, but the school still wanted to hire me. Not 5 days later they're telling me that the school changed its mind and would re-sign him because he somehow got a good reputation at the school. So now I'm stuck at home with an apartment in Seoul that my friend is having to pay for, most of my stuff is in that apartment, and I have no hope of getting a job anywhere near where I live in Seoul. WHAT THE HELL??? What can I do? I know contracts don't mean anything in Korea, but is there anything that can be done, other than my friend threatening to quit, dumping the apartment and his job on them?

[Skippy]

Well a contract is useless till it is backed up by a visa. Things where not finished till immigration gave its stamp.

Well sorry for the bad luck. Sometimes here in Korea, things go last minute or change on a dime. Maybe they will change again.

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[ttompatz]

IF you had your visa in your passport or had already transferred your sponsorship to the employer then your ONLY recourse is the termination clause in your contract provided you have a copy signed by both you AND the employer.

Under labor law you have no protection (worked for less than 6 months with the employer) other than the termination clause of your contract.

If you do not yet have your visa then you have NO recourse other than finding a new employer.

Good luck to you.

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[YTMND]

Get a D10 if necessary, find a new job. The apartment issue is completely different and not the school's fault. Perhaps your friend can get out of the contract and get a cheaper place, cutting costs. Or, they could rent out to another teacher (that fat slob? just joking).

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