| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
WhileAway
Joined: 30 May 2011
|
 Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 5:06 pm Post subject: Excuse for Personal Day Off |
 |
|
I want to take a day off next week to go interview for another job.
I can call in sick that morning, but it is more professional to let them know ahead of time.
My company has 3 personal days a year, so the option is there. But it is usually for emergency in the family or some other reason like that.
I would like to take a personal day, but not say that I am interviewing for another position. Any good idea for a personal day off?
I am single and live alone; pretty much any family reason is no good.
Thanks, |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
Porksta
Joined: 05 May 2011
|
| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 5:23 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Is this a job you will take after quitting, or after your current contract ends? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
WhileAway
Joined: 30 May 2011
|
| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 5:25 pm Post subject: |
|
|
If I take the new job, I would have to break the contract I am on.
So I really can't let them know about the interview. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
le-paul
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
Location: dans la chambre
|
| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 5:31 pm Post subject: Re: Excuse for Personal Day Off |
|
|
| WhileAway wrote: |
I want to take a day off next week to go interview for another job.
I can call in sick that morning, but it is more professional to let them know ahead of time.
My company has 3 personal days a year, so the option is there. But it is usually for emergency in the family or some other reason like that.
I would like to take a personal day, but not say that I am interviewing for another position. Any good idea for a personal day off?
I am single and live alone; pretty much any family reason is no good.
Thanks, |
I personally believe in the diarrhea excuse. Koreans seem to constantly have upset stomachs, so its the one thing they have any empathy for.
Id call in that morning - fug professionalism - they certainly wouldn't show you the same respect. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
|
| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 5:31 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| WhileAway wrote: |
If I take the new job, I would have to break the contract I am on.
So I really can't let them know about the interview. |
IF you are on an E2 then good luck.
Breaking a contract and going to a new job is problematic at best and impossible due to visa issues at worst.
Just call in sick that morning and pray for the best.
IF you are on an F2/4/5/6 then just call in as an absentee and go for it.
. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Lucas
Joined: 11 Sep 2012
|
| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 5:31 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Just shi* your pants at work the day before, in the office in front of all your co workers.
Then you're golden.
Plus when the other place asks you 'how badly do you want this job?' you can tell them!  |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
WhileAway
Joined: 30 May 2011
|
| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 5:42 pm Post subject: |
|
|
It is an E-7 visa.
The new position, if I took it, would be government related, if that mike make it any easier. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Chaparrastique
Joined: 01 Jan 2014
|
| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 5:42 pm Post subject: |
|
|
If you call in sick, they will either come round to your apartment to check that you really are sick, insist on taking you to the doctor, or demand a doctors note.
So then just tell them ahead of time that you want one day off as specified in the contract, because your cousin is on a stopover flight and is visiting you and you want to show him Seoul tower because its the best in the world. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
beentheredonethat777
Joined: 27 Jul 2013
Location: AsiaHaven
|
| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 5:50 pm Post subject: Re: Excuse for Personal Day Off |
|
|
| WhileAway wrote: |
I want to take a day off next week to go interview for another job.
I can call in sick that morning, but it is more professional to let them know ahead of time.
My company has 3 personal days a year, so the option is there. But it is usually for emergency in the family or some other reason like that.
I would like to take a personal day, but not say that I am interviewing for another position. Any good idea for a personal day off?
I am single and live alone; pretty much any family reason is no good.
Thanks, |
Sorry,I don't have any good ideas for you. I DO ,however, know for certain, that if you call in sick,they will come to your apartment and take you to the doctor/hospital. Missing a day of work in Korea=near death!
Do you have 3 personal days or 3 sick days? If sick days, they are NEVER meant to be used. Period. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
WhileAway
Joined: 30 May 2011
|
| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 5:57 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Nobody will come to my apartment looking for me .
At least nobody has ever gone to anyone elses apartment at this job. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
WhileAway
Joined: 30 May 2011
|
| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 6:27 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Thanks for the ideas. So far I have:
- personal day for relative on stopover
- just call in sick that morning
and a note about how hard it is to cancel a E series visa (thanks).
Any other good reason for a personal day ( I get 3 personal days a year and 5 sick days, but should have a reason for the personal day )
Thanks, |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
beentheredonethat777
Joined: 27 Jul 2013
Location: AsiaHaven
|
| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 6:32 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| WhileAway wrote: |
Thanks for the ideas. So far I have:
- personal day for relative on stopover
- just call in sick that morning
and a note about how hard it is to cancel a E series visa (thanks).
Any other good reason for a personal day ( I get 3 personal days a year and 5 sick days, but should have a reason for the personal day )
Thanks, |
WOW! That's great. You have a job with good benefits. Also,
remember to "look" sick the day before. That helps with the call-in the next day. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Cave Dweller
Joined: 17 Aug 2014
Location: Seoul
|
| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 9:09 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I have never heard of a contract that has personal days. It's so un-Korean.
It seems you have a choice. Go for the personal day and see what happens, or fake sick.
If you go the route of the personal day, please post here and let us know what happened. I am intrigued. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
le-paul
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
Location: dans la chambre
|
| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 9:10 pm Post subject: |
|
|
jebus, just turn the volume up on your tv and turn your phone off if youre worried about people coming round... just say you were asleep  |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Lucas
Joined: 11 Sep 2012
|
| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 9:14 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Quote: |
| jebus, just turn the volume up on your tv and turn your phone off if youre worried about people coming round... just say you were asleep Rolling Eyes |
OP, I vote for you shatting your pants at work the day before.
Followed by a high pitched 'oh-tuck-aye' 'oh-tuck-aye'  |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
