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chilgok007 · Joined: 28 May 2006 Location: Chilgok

At least you boss is paying pension! (ours deducts the full amount from our paychecks). The other FTs and I have been complaining about this to her non-stop for three months. She keeps saying "it's not in your contract, so don't worry about it" followed by "Well, the other Hagwon owners don't pay it, and the pension office dosen't enforce the regulations anyways"

I'm going to call the pension office this week. I want to see this B***h get fried.

chilgok007 · Joined: 28 May 2006 Location: Chilgok

jacl · Joined: 31 Oct 2005

jacl · Joined: 31 Oct 2005

chilgok007 · Joined: 28 May 2006 Location: Chilgok

Believe me, I'm not scared. I'm not about to let this sorry excuse for a human being walk all over me and steal my money while she's at it. Yes, she's deducting a full 9%, but I'm not sure if she's pocketing the money or just giving the full amount to the pension office and then claiming that half of it's from her, hence my need to contact the office ASAP. Getting a paystub from her has been exceedingly difficult as well.

Talking to her is like talking to a recorded message...always promising some change, always promising to improve our working conditions and make things right, but no progress happens, and then it's "well, I must work out the problems first"
"what problems? If you let us know, maybe we can help you to fix them"
then the ubiquitious, not-so-slight topic change to the guilt trip: "but don't like hard work? Isn't duty important to you? Don't you care about the children?"

Do these people have any idea how much damage they're doing to their country?

alabamaman · Joined: 25 Apr 2006

Dan The Chainsawman · Joined: 05 May 2005

Logic in the face of hogwan absurdity. How charming...

You would be better off insisting on a daily rim job for all the good a paper trail will do you.

jacl · Joined: 31 Oct 2005

Pension office: 02-2240-1083/5

Call and give them your alien card number.

Tell your boss that you can't work for the hagwon anymore because you don't appreciate them stealing from you. "I don't trust you and you're treating me very badly." Tell her that you called the pension office and there was no money in the account (which is probably the case). Get the pension office to call your boss.

This is beyond ludicrous. She's making 300,000 more than she should be (or the school is, but she could be putting it in her own pocket) and you're losing the same (of course). Essentially, on a 2 million salary, they give you 1.8 where you should be making 2.1 (excluding other deductions, of course).

What are your taxes like? How much are they stealing from you there? How about medical? Are they stealiing money from you there too?

I think my boss was all excited about the pension at first because he saw it as a way to make an extra 100,000. They'll screw you if you let 'em. I had to remind him who he was dealing with. I've had other problems too like with taxes, but had the situation fixed. To this day, no matter what minor thing I do, I have weapons against my employer. I'm by no means at the losing end. I haven't lost any money. I probably made more money (clear) than I should have. It's not right though. He's not paying the tax office.

You really have to put your foot down. Bring in a megaphone and yell it to her face. The only way I've been able to solve some situations is by causing a disturbance, it seems.

Call the pension office and find out the details. Go into work and march into her office. Tell her you better get your cash back or you're not going to class. "You're cheating me". That'll get her angry and defensive and she'll come back with something insane, but what's that got to do with the price of eggs?

OiGirl · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: Hoke-y-gun