Ann-Toe-Knee
- 2005-06-26
I got the plane ticket and blue form FINALLY. Now I have to get the visa and I'm set to leave Thailand. Thank all deities for that.
Now I hope the job turns out to be worth the trip.
Stay tuned.
Toe
SiamSap
- 2005-06-23
At best, your new boss sounds like a typical hard-nosed business man. He's putting profits before you and his students. You should have been up there teaching at least two weeks ago, probably more.
I suspect he wants you to try to use HIS credit card, something that may not even be allowed in Thailand, to pay for the ticket only to discover it has insufficient funds. He then will 'offer' to reimburse you if you cover the airfare cost yourself to get up there sometime after you arrive. If the contract you signed says 'employer will provide a plane ticket' you'll be screwed if you do that. He'll jerk you around on the reimbursement until the last weeks of your contract, then dodge it completely. Buying the ticket yourself would be outside the contract, so you'd have no legal means to get that reimbursement. And he would not give you one, either.
If he has the blue form in his hand right now, why isn't he sending it to you?
Save ALL emails you get from him. You may need them later in court up there, assuming you even GO. It sounds like you need to go ahead and take the BKK job.
Even if you DO make it up to Changwon, I bet he'll dick you around on your bonus (your 13th if you are contracted for one), any overtime you incur, and even your normal payroll. On top of it all, it will now be a hell of a bitch to get out of this contract and get another job in SK. At the rate he moves, you'll be 'cleared' by about next April.
Give him a day or two longer, then go for the BKK job. You can try again for SK next year.
Good luck.
SS
Ann-Toe-Knee
- 2005-06-22
It may happen after all. My going to work at this school, that is.
Thanks for the info.
Toe
Jun
- 2005-06-22
Your korean employer applied for a e-2 visa in korea for you, but you decided to change your mind and take another job somewhere else.
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By this time your e-2 visa invitation form should be ready to be sent to you. My best advice is that you tell your korean employer asap that you are not going to make it to his school. Also, volunteer to reimburse him the e-2 visa application payment. Ask your employer to cancel the e-2 application with korean immigration, your korean employer have to send them a letter to cancel the e-2 visa. If your korean employer decides not to send a letter to korean immigration, you are screw and can not get another e-2 visa until this is formaly cancel. I guess is time for you to pay the piper and reimburse you korean employer to clear this. Good luck, jun
Hello. I'm currently waiting in Thailand for my boss-to-be to send me my visa blue form and plane ticket from his school in South Korea. I've already submitted my necessary documents (about six weeks ago) and they've been processed and returned to my boss.
About five weeks ago this person told me via email he had submitted my documents to immigration and it should take no longer than about 5 business days to process them. He then 'went cold' for nearly three weeks.
About two weeks ago I had a friend contact this person asking why it was taking so long to process my documents and why it was taking so long for him to get back in touch with me.
My new boss immediately emailed me telling me it was taking longer than anticipated to process the documents. My friend emailed me back and told me the guy told HIM he submitted my documents about ten days AFTER the day he told me he submitted them.
So I sat tight.
Two days ago I got an email from my boss-to-be telling me my visa documents had been processed and he was sending them, along with a plane ticket, to me by 'the end of that week'.
Today I got an email from him requesting I use his credit card to buy a plane ticket for myself in BKK as it is 'really expensive' to buy such a ticket in South Korea.
Have any of you been given such a directive?
The name of the school is We Can Foreign Language Institute and it's located in Changwon.
I've already signed a contract with him, but I have an offer waiting on me in Bangkok (40K+ salary) as I write this. This contract that I signed with the SK school stated I'd start on June 7 (over three weeks ago) and I'd get a plane ticket in the mail. So far neither has been honored.
The bitch of it is that it'll indeed be a real 'bitch' to get a job in SK for the next year. I have to cancel with this school and get my documents back. I can only imagine how hard this is going to be.
What should I do here? Walk away from the offer? I'm tempted to do just that. I have to act soon, as in the next few days, if I'm gonna take the BKK job.