Sucks to be a Korean welder, I guess

by Robert Koehler on May 21, 2006

For English teachers who’ve gotten screwed on their contracts, I guess there is some sort of collective karmic justice.

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1 Brendon Carr May 21, 2006 at 3:50 pm: Justice indeed. But let’s see what happens to abusive employers who lie to their employees in Australia…
2 NathanB May 21, 2006 at 5:16 pm: I would hope no English teachers would still be believers in either karma or collective justice.
3 Remort May 21, 2006 at 6:01 pm: “MIN KUK KIM, MIGRANT WORKER: I was guaranteed a minimum of $54,500 to a maximum of $100,000.”

How gullible can you be? There’s no $50,000 jobs in Australia. HAHAHAHA!

“HUNG DUCK SUNG: I was guaranteed to get paid over $75,000 a year. I don’t know how much I’m getting paid now exactly, but I get paid $16 an hour after tax.”

This is way more than most English teachers get paid in Korea.

“KIM YU SANG: I want to be a good father for my kids, take them out, take them to the beach and have a good time, but I can’t provide anything like that for them now.”

I’m sure the president of the welder’s union had a son that went to Korea to teach English, ending with a similar outcome to this Korean chap.