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VanIslander

I've got health problems that are forcing me to return to my home country sooner than planned, after over three years at the same hagwon.

Now the director has asked me to help them find the next foreign teacher to take my place when I go.

But I wanna go soon! (I don't feel well at all. No details here.)

So should I put out the effort to help them? They have been very nice and good to me, and I've enjoyed my time here, but I really don't feel like it. Yet I was going to leave at the end of April and now am likely to go much sooner than that, so I feel some obligation. Arggghh. What's the least that I can do?

I could use advice from those who have been in a similar situation, expected to help find another foreign teacher. Did you? What did you do? Were they upset if you didn't? etc

Wrench · Joined: 07 Apr 2005

Nope..

Did you give them 1 month notice?

If yes then they are on their own unfortunatley.

jacl · Joined: 31 Oct 2005

Tell them you have no friends.

VanIslander · Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 7:59 pm Post subject:

BigBlackEquus · Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:01 pm Post subject:

Place a free ad (renew it twice daily to make sure it stays near the top) on www.worknplay.co.kr , and they can interview the applicants (if you must return home immediately). And have them pay to place an ad here. They don't have the luxury of being cheap about it, given the short time span.

matthews_world · Joined: 15 Feb 2003

Van's been advertising his job since he's been posting here. I'm sure he'll get a few PMs after people read this thread.

Sounds like a good gig. Might be difficult for a newbie to follow in his footsteps, however.

VanIslander · Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:17 pm Post subject:

VanIslander · Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 10:10 pm Post subject:

I just gave my one-month's notice.

I've been at this job since late 2002. It's hard to leave.

oldfatfarang · Joined: 19 May 2005 Location: On the road to somewhere.

If you are really sick - go home NOW. You don't want to be caught in a situation where you are really sick and in a foreign country. If you have taught at that school for that I'm sure they will understand this. Sounds like you've done a really good job staying for so long. Good luck

VanIslander · Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 5:39 pm Post subject:

pegpig · Joined: 10 May 2005

I did it. Twice. One time worked out very well and I found a good teacher. But, they kept changing their tune on contract details, so it ended up looking like I was lying in the ad. The teacher would contact me and I'd have to tell them the change or we'd be at the interview and they'd suddenly spring the change on us at the same time.

The 2nd time was not good. I gave them 2 months notice. They weren't sure if they needed my help to find a new teacher or if they had a friend who was going to help them. I kept telling them that I need to know because finding a teacher may not be as easy as it was the first time. They waited until a couple of weeks before I was leaving. I tried for a week which really wasn't enough time. Then they found someone at the eleventh hour through a recruiter.

If you're going to do it, make sure you know EXACTLY who they want and EXACTLY what the contract details are. And, get on it now. Good luck.

waterbaby · Joined: 01 Feb 2003 Location: Baking Gord a Cheescake pie

You could always post a thinly disguised "great job available" thread on Dave's Wink

VanIslander · Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 10:29 pm Post subject:

Grotto · Joined: 21 Mar 2004

If they are willing to throw a mil won your way then I would do it.....only a sucker works for free!

cruisemonkey · Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 8:21 am Post subject: