Great news! My employer informed me today I don't have to work anymore! Oh joy! Wait, doesn't that mean they fired me? Of course not, because they didn't even tell me. They told my husband through another employee (gotta love the obsessively non confrontational Korean culture). It looks like after being put on bed rest once since I became pregnant they have decided to let me go. The best part, you ask? There is nothing I can do about it. Even better? My husband works for them still so I have to be nice to them even though they fired me through a channel of people....in case you cannot tell, I am a little peeved.
Don't get me wrong. I have a dependent visa and I am not allowed to teach here with that type of visa (but it was not a teaching job so I think that is irrelevant). It was nice of them to create a job for me, it just was not nice of them to fire me in my first trimester.
Things have been very tense at work because we offended the owners wife. We got premium nuts for Chuseok on Friday night. We did not have work until Wednesday, but on Wednesday we found out she was mad because we had not thanked her for our nuts (despite the fact we had not seen her since we got the present, but that is besides the point). If the boss's are unhappy then we have to suck up no matter what. This is definitely a rant because we are pretty lucky to be where we are. Justin's school provides nice apartments and good pay. This school is one of the most reputable in the area. Still doesn't mean that the culture differences don't create frustrations constantly.
And please don't think of me as ethnocentric. Justin and I totally understand the importance of trying to understand and work within the Korean culture. I just sometimes feel as if I will never have any respect from them even though we do our best to do exactly what they want us to.
Well at any rate I guess it is good we launched our cupcake business when we did because I just lost a good chunk of money per month at a time when we need it most!
Ok rant over. Positive note? I get Krispy Kreme doughnuts tomorrow :D
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