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I'm supposed to be starting a new job in September at a university. It's not an ESL position but is a faculty job. I'm on an F6 visa but normally the person with this job is given an E1.

Anyway, when we negotiated my salary, we agreed to 35 Mil per year plus housing. I received an email a few days ago from the University outlining my salary and benefits that would be in my contract and everything was as we agreed upon. They stated in the email that my salary included my severance pay. Today, I received my contract in the mail today and the salary on the contract is a little over 32 million.

So since the salary in the contract is lower than what we agreed upon, does that mean that when I resign I will be receiving the difference at the end of my contract? Also, the contract makes no mention of severance pay. It sounds to me like they are trying to include their matching pension funds in my salary and call it severance.

This is sending up all sorts of red flags for me. This is my fourth year in Korea and will be my third year teaching at a university so I'm familiar with how the contracts normally work with bonuses and severance at the end of your contract. However I've never encountered the severance being deducted from my agreed-upon salary. This is an awesome job that I've been offered but I'm not going to go to work for less than what we agreed upon. I would appreciate it if anyone had a similar experience and could share it with me or if you have some insight into these quirky issues with contract and could explain it to me. Thanks very much!

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