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Bongotruck
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Unfortunately, this sort of thing (original topic) is more common than you think. I know it happens back in the west pretty much across the board. I also suspect other large immigrant groups do the same.
It takes someone to stand up to the system. To the victims of this restaurant, I applaud them. It can be tough though.
In Canada, they now have this LMO visa thing. It is more or less what an E2 visa is here in Korea. They are having the same problems, as the visa is linked to one employer. Run afoul of your employer and you are on the next plane home. It is open to too much abuse and needs to be amended. |
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bucheon bum
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I was eating at a Korean restaurant in Toronto a couple years back. A young Korean was having an interview at the next table. The owner offered him a job for 5.00 an hour, and he wasn't allowed to keep his tips. Minimum wage was 10.25 so he said he expected to be paid min wage. The owner burst out laughing, saying something along the lines of " That's not the way it works in Korean restaurants"
getting paid less than half your wages would definitely add up after a while. It sucks that people who may not have a great command of English are forced to work in illegal conditions or not work at all |
That's really interesting. The Korean restaurants and bars in Atlanta pay undocumented Koreans market wages (in cash) in addition to allowing them to keep their tips, so they actually do really well. It's pretty common to see them driving German imports and they generally live in nice houses. Where I think they save their money is by underpaying the Mexican and Central American illegals who work in the back. |
Yeah, in San Diego some Korean restaurants were staffed by 20something Korean illegals who usually entered the US on student visas and then ditched their studies and waited tables instead. I don't know if they did well enough to drive fancy cars and live in houses though... |
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northway
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| Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 6:33 am Post subject: |
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| bucheon bum wrote: |
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I was eating at a Korean restaurant in Toronto a couple years back. A young Korean was having an interview at the next table. The owner offered him a job for 5.00 an hour, and he wasn't allowed to keep his tips. Minimum wage was 10.25 so he said he expected to be paid min wage. The owner burst out laughing, saying something along the lines of " That's not the way it works in Korean restaurants"
getting paid less than half your wages would definitely add up after a while. It sucks that people who may not have a great command of English are forced to work in illegal conditions or not work at all |
That's really interesting. The Korean restaurants and bars in Atlanta pay undocumented Koreans market wages (in cash) in addition to allowing them to keep their tips, so they actually do really well. It's pretty common to see them driving German imports and they generally live in nice houses. Where I think they save their money is by underpaying the Mexican and Central American illegals who work in the back. |
Yeah, in San Diego some Korean restaurants were staffed by 20something Korean illegals who usually entered the US on student visas and then ditched their studies and waited tables instead. I don't know if they did well enough to drive fancy cars and live in houses though... |
Houses come cheap in Georgia, but the cars always surprised me. A lot of it is that these are kids in their twenties and their priorities are kind of crap. One of my good friends works 80+ hours per week between a noraebang and a kimbab joint and drives a Benz (previously a Lexus) at age 21 while being registered as a student with some degree mill in LA. Personally, I'd take a 40 hour week and drive a Civic, or work that much and stash half that money. |
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Smithington
Joined: 14 Dec 2011
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| Posted: Mon May 11, 2015 11:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Thought I'd bump this as it ties in so well the current "Korean nail salon" story. |
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jvalmer
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| Posted: Tue May 12, 2015 6:03 am Post subject: |
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| One of my CT's worked a waiter job in LA when he was a student. Came over on a student visa and got paid cash. He did it for a year, he said he had a blast. But he is from a pretty well off family, so the money he earned may have not been an issue for him. |
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ThingsComeAround
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Smithington
Joined: 14 Dec 2011
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| Posted: Tue May 12, 2015 3:43 pm Post subject: |
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| And let's not forget about foreign factory workers in Korea from South-East Asia. |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Wed May 13, 2015 3:55 am Post subject: |
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I just don't get why people are acting surprised that illegals are being mistreated and underpaid. Where do you think your strawberries come from? And is this crackdown really going to help, or is just going to result in a bunch of unemployed illegals and/or women entering the sex industry who otherwise would not? |
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