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So you think your hakwon boss treated you badly?

 
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some waygug-in



Joined: 25 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 8:04 am    Post subject: So you think your hakwon boss treated you badly? Reply with quote

Haggie bosses are notorious for mistreatment of not only foreign teachers

but Korean staff as well.

But check this out, it's not as bad as you might think.


http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/12/19/21955471-diplomats-exploitation-of-domestic-workers-a-plague-activists-say?lite

One group she works with, Break the Chain, has assisted 250 workers since 1997 who lodged complaints that they were grossly underpaid, abused or essentially held captive by consular or World Bank staffers, mainly in New York and Washington.


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Hokie21



Joined: 01 Mar 2011

PostPosted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 9:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's laughable that they are demanding an apology from the U.S. Give me a fucking break.
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ATM SPIDERTAO



Joined: 05 Jul 2009
Location: seoul, south korea

PostPosted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 4:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

eh, i don't think it's unreasonable. since the indian embassy is technically indian soil

i would expect compensation about as lucrative as my home country actually.

if I were a professional making 100K and i moved to a new country, i would expect to make 100K

if I was making $10 a day in my home country, well, whatever lol it's still what i make in my home country

i don't see it as exploitation. unless they were blatantly lied to when they took the job. sounds to me like the help knew that they are getting paid a fair amount and took the job regardless.

if anything, i think they should change the rule but i can be a barbarian at times hehehehehehe
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archaeologist5



Joined: 25 Dec 2013

PostPosted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 4:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
Haggie


Didn't know that was a real word. I know it is not the same as 'hagwon' if it is.

What is a haggie that requires an owner??
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Hokie21



Joined: 01 Mar 2011

PostPosted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 8:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ATM SPIDERTAO wrote:
eh, i don't think it's unreasonable. since the indian embassy is technically indian soil

i would expect compensation about as lucrative as my home country actually.

if I were a professional making 100K and i moved to a new country, i would expect to make 100K

if I was making $10 a day in my home country, well, whatever lol it's still what i make in my home country

i don't see it as exploitation. unless they were blatantly lied to when they took the job. sounds to me like the help knew that they are getting paid a fair amount and took the job regardless.

if anything, i think they should change the rule but i can be a barbarian at times hehehehehehe


Nothing of what you just said makes any sense at all.
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guavashake



Joined: 09 Nov 2013

PostPosted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 1:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

archaeologist5 wrote:
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Haggie


Didn't know that was a real word. I know it is not the same as 'hagwon' if it is.

What is a haggie that requires an owner??


http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=haggie
1. haggie

An emptied out haggis, resulting in a moist, warm hollowed out sheep stomach.

"I got yer haggie right here bitch!"
-Andrew Gilchrist
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archaeologist5



Joined: 25 Dec 2013

PostPosted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 1:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

so it is not a real word but some slang term for a Scottish cultural dish.
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some waygug-in



Joined: 25 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 8:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hee hee, hagwon/hakwon, if you prefer.

Most of us don't get all worked up over such trivial matters.

Embarassed
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