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[n8shac]

I work for a corporate company whose name we might all recognize in the Seoul area and perhaps parts of Busan.


The writing on the wall is as follows:


I get called-in for my 4th violation today. A shocking number of violations, to say the least, however it would mean something if employees were actually a priority in my company's market. We have 7 hagwons within view of our front door, one or two in our building, and our student base has been plummeting for the past 18 months. So pardon me if I don't precisely feel that this was necessarily a performance review, in earnest. I have been employed for fewer than 2 months.


I consider myself an honest teacher. I go in, I make the kids a priority, I do my best to respond... occasionally things happen and people get written up. We employ around 10 foreign teachers, they've all been written up and gone through months of intense scrutiny over issues not related to performance but related to cost/benefits in the past. Turnover is not a serious issue here, but employee morale is consistently low.

I've been served notice.

I have until the 15th to vacate my apartment and no recommendation is to be given.

Considering my experience at other hagwons and my conversations with the other staff, there is no serious violation on my part here.


--What are my rights?

--How could I reasonably be expected to find a job within this time frame?


--What legal options could I pursue?


What shocks me most is that the school expects me to work for 9 more days after essentially telling me that I've been fired. This, to me, is incomprehensible. I've been in Korea several years and I've kept my wits about me. Perhaps this is a blessing in disguise, it's my opinion that this is a sinking ship and they just secured me a liferaft. At the same time, I feel deeply betrayed and abused.

What are my options?

[DaHu]

People always recommend teaching in China. Please do so legally on a working visa, though.

[sojusucks]

Make sure they give it to you in writing. Verbal notices don't fly. Why get it in writing? Because if they just tell you that you are fired and you stop coming to work, they can claim that you quit. Get it in writing and then you can take action against them legally.

[ttompatz]

[Ramen]

tell your mommy first and go file your complaint to the labor board if you desire. if the labor board doesn't help, file a law suit if you have the coin.

what's the name of hagwon?

[thegadfly]

...um...4th violation in less than 2 months? So, pretty much every week or so, you screwed something up badly enough to officially receive notice of it, and have it documented as a violation? ...and yet, somehow you think this is not an accurate assessment of your performance?

[RMNC]

Don't be condescending, guys.

As ttompatz said, you're too early in your contract to really be able to pull anything out of this one.

The good news is that you're already in Korea and have a visa, which is 80% of the fight. Cut and run with the old hagwon, throw up your resume on Dave's and other sites stating in the title that you need a job ASAP, get in contact with at least 10 recruiters and let them know you need a job by the end of next week. It shouldn't be too hard, you can probably find something by Friday.

But first, tell us right now the name and location of the hagwon you are being let go of so we can warn others to beware. Since you're being fired anyways, who cares?

[FDNY]

If you ain't even got the yarbles to give the company's name on a board not located in Korea under a nickname that is not your one, then I would probably fire your ass to.

[Young FRANKenstein]

[cyui]

What did you violate? Probable cause is not justifiable under esprit de corps..( ie individual judgement of willpower) subjected to Nietzsche Policy.

Tell them to document your *** right to Berlin.

[Troglodyte]

[sojusucks]

[Hokie21]

Does this corporate company start with the letter "A" ?

And what kind of violations? 4 in 2 months seems pretty excessive, you enjoy your drink a bit too much?

[walter235]

I think we'll see this increasingly become more common as the economy continues to slide down. Why admit any fault of your own or lack of business when you can blame it on the expendable foreigner? Welcome to Korea! Pack up, move on and blacklist the hell out of the bastards! Good luck to you!

[koreandefence]

4 warnings in 2 months? It seems only one person has taken the time to ask 'what did you do?'
Let me ask you this, if you had someone who every 2 weeks you had to take them aside and give them a warning, would you keep them at your company?

For anyone to give you advice you will need to tell us what you did.

4 times in 2 months, you sound awesome