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Corporal · Joined: 25 Jan 2003

He paid me less than I expected to get for this--my last week--of work, and said it was because instead of dividing 2 million by 22 (or 23) days of work in a month, he divided 2 million by 30 days, and according to him that's the proper way to do it. Rolling Eyes

Real Reality · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Location: Seoul

"Is my boss a moron?"

Did he succeed in saving money?

On what day (or date) did you start working?
Does he owe you a full month's pay?

Corporal · Joined: 25 Jan 2003

No, he only owed me a week of pay. I worked a month (which I was paid properly for) and an extra week. I assumed he would pay me 1/4 of a month's salary because I worked 1/4 of a month. Call me crazy...

oneiros · Joined: 19 Aug 2003 Location: Villa Straylight

My boss calculates pay that way too.

Gord · Joined: 25 Feb 2003

ulsanchris · Joined: 19 Jun 2003 Location: take a wild guess

Corporal · Joined: 25 Jan 2003

VanIslander · Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 10:56 pm Post subject:

By his math you would have gained about 20,000 or lost about 20,000 depending on whether 22 or 23 days was used.

We're talking petty sums here.

Let's not be petty. Don't sweat the little things.

Otherwise you'll become a bitter malcontent with a penchant for ridicule and condescension.

And none of us want that, do we?

Corporal · Joined: 25 Jan 2003

Umm...I'm not following that, VI. By my reckoning, since I am getting paid 2.1 million per month, I am getting paid for each day of work, not for the weekends. Yes I realize it's a salary job but I am getting paid for going to work, not for sitting at home. Therefore the 2.1 million should be divided by however many workdays there are in a month. If there are 21 days, then I should get 100,000 per workday, should I not? Thus I should make around 500,000 (or a little less) for five days of work, should I not?

I don't care about the way the boss does the math if he is doing it the wrong way, KWIM?

mindmetoo · Joined: 02 Feb 2004

captain kirk · Joined: 29 Jan 2003

VI, gosh, I didn't know you could handle a whip Shocked

phaedrus · Joined: 13 Nov 2003 Location: I'm comin' to get ya.

Did your boss divide your salary by 31 days, and then multiply it by five workdays or something?

Gord · Joined: 25 Feb 2003

Corporal · Joined: 25 Jan 2003

The 10th.

Whoever commented about petty sums was right--I don't care if it's a matter of twenty bucks, but one hundred thousand won is a fairly significant amount of money to me, and if I'm owed that much, I want it to be paid, KWIM?

Grotto · Joined: 21 Mar 2004

hmmm is your boss a moron? Is he a Korean? Then he isnt a moron he is just a money grubbing typical Korean! Fair play does not exist in Korea! You should have told them up front how much it would cost!

They will always try to screw you out of cash if they can line their own pocket!