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Cave Dweller
Joined: 17 Aug 2014
Location: Seoul
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| Coincidentally this director also owns a Wonderland! |
No coincidence there, son. |
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Troglodyte
Joined: 06 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2014 1:09 am Post subject: |
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If you're set on leaving then don't worry about it. Just plan your vacation afterwards and have fun.
The other thing that you shouldn't worry about is the actual exit. Most people seem to think that they need to sneak out of the country in the dark of night to avoid some disaster that the ex-boss can create. Not true. You can move your stuff out of the apartment one evening and give him a call the next morning saying that you won't be coming in to work every again. That's perfectly legal. You then have 14 days to either leave Korea or to ask for an extension of your stay for up to 30 days. There is no rush. You can go do some touristy things before you leave. There is nothing that your boss can do to prevent you from leaving the country. |
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Stan Rogers
Joined: 20 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2014 2:53 am Post subject: |
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| It's going to be a long two months for the OP. |
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EZE
Joined: 05 May 2012
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 11:08 pm Post subject: |
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| larry72 wrote: |
| Coincidentally this director also owns a Wonderland! |
Is her name Nicky and do you work in Anyang? If so, this is at least the second mass exodus she has experienced. She had three Korean English teachers and four foreigners on her staff in 2012. She fired a Korean in March, so the staff was cut from seven to six. Then, in April, the foreign staff went from four to one in the span of a week, leaving three teachers total. Everyone was working a full slate already after the Korean guy got fired, so I'm not sure how she covered all of the classes. Hopefully it cost her at least the amount of money she had stolen from the foreign staff. |
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EZE
Joined: 05 May 2012
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 11:17 pm Post subject: |
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| There is nothing that your boss can do to prevent you from leaving the country. |
But he said his boss owns a Wonderland. After I pulled a runner from Wonderland Anyang, each time I enter or exit through Incheon International Airport, I get detained by Customs and Immigration and they tell me the owner of Wonderland Anyang reported me for not paying into unemployment insurance. It's so lame.
OP, if this happens, just calmly ask Immigration, "Does this mean I'm getting arrested, or what?" They'll just look at each other, and in a few minutes you'll be told you can go board your flight. |
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Troglodyte
Joined: 06 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2014 4:53 am Post subject: |
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| EZE wrote: |
| Troglodyte wrote: |
| There is nothing that your boss can do to prevent you from leaving the country. |
But he said his boss owns a Wonderland. After I pulled a runner from Wonderland Anyang, each time I enter or exit through Incheon International Airport, I get detained by Customs and Immigration and they tell me the owner of Wonderland Anyang reported me for not paying into unemployment insurance. It's so lame.
OP, if this happens, just calmly ask Immigration, "Does this mean I'm getting arrested, or what?" They'll just look at each other, and in a few minutes you'll be told you can go board your flight. |
It will take a very long time before not paying taxes catches up with you. You don't have to pay them right away. If it has somehow become an issue then pay your taxes. If you HAVE paid them then report your ex-boss for having deducted them without making the payments. If it was a complete lie then have your ex-boss charged with defamation. |
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EZE
Joined: 05 May 2012
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| Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2014 6:51 am Post subject: |
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| Troglodyte wrote: |
| It will take a very long time before not paying taxes catches up with you. You don't have to pay them right away. If it has somehow become an issue then pay your taxes. If you HAVE paid them then report your ex-boss for having deducted them without making the payments. If it was a complete lie then have your ex-boss charged with defamation. |
I'm good on taxes. I even got a refund the past couple of years. The problem has to do with unemployment insurance. Ttompatz and others say workers on E-2 visas aren't required to pay it, and I haven't bothered to do so. I just chalk it up as a weird hoop I have to briefly jump through at the airport. |
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Stan Rogers
Joined: 20 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2014 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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| EZE wrote: |
| Troglodyte wrote: |
| It will take a very long time before not paying taxes catches up with you. You don't have to pay them right away. If it has somehow become an issue then pay your taxes. If you HAVE paid them then report your ex-boss for having deducted them without making the payments. If it was a complete lie then have your ex-boss charged with defamation. |
I'm good on taxes. I even got a refund the past couple of years. The problem has to do with unemployment insurance. Ttompatz and others say workers on E-2 visas aren't required to pay it, and I haven't bothered to do so. I just chalk it up as a weird hoop I have to briefly jump through at the airport. |
It sounds like you have been put on a list and your passport has been flaged. |
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watergirl
Joined: 01 Jul 2008
Location: Ansan, south korea
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| Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2014 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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Hi
Weird situation. So, I think, if you want to stay in Korea another year, but Definitely don't stay there, then it might be better to stay working there (as long as he will pay you). BECAUSE, nowadays, many ads are asking for teachers already in Korea (and you want to try for a better job.. either good hakwon (where foreigners resign is a good sign).
Bc you only have one work experience here, I think it does look better if you stayed there for at least a year. Even though, I think they don't even call references (try and get a friendly korean t's number though).
It doesn't look like you will get severance though.
Then, if the work place does get a lot worse after the teachers leave, you can still pull a runner. Start applying for jobs maybe in the meantime.
Your visa is finished in a few months anyways, so you won't need anything (lot) from him anyways. Honestly, you prob. could just put on your resume that you worked there for 1 year still, and nine chances out of ten, the employers don't seem to call your refs. |
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EZE
Joined: 05 May 2012
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2014 4:27 am Post subject: |
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| It sounds like you have been put on a list and your passport has been flaged. |
It almost seems like it, but an unemployment insurance watchlist sounds so lame, especially since it slows up whichever line I'm in. So pointless for everyone involved. |
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Troglodyte
Joined: 06 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2014 5:37 am Post subject: |
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| If you and your co-workers want to make a bit of trouble for your boss, you should all go to the labor board before you leave to file a complaint about something like not getting paid in full or having to work more than 40 hours a week. As long as it's a legitimate complaint then it will stay on his record (or the business' record) and make things difficult for him in the future if anyone else files a complaint against him. Unofficially (or maybe it actually is an official procedure) businesses that have unresolved LB complaints against them get investigated more often for other things (e.g. taxes, health & safety, etc.) so you can really stick it to him if you want. Having THREE unresolved complaints will really help out future teachers who end up there (and you can bet that he'll eventually find a sucker to take the job). |
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