Just found out that the monthly attendance bonus is getting cut for all teachers in Taiwan. The reason, I’m told, is that it was a mistake to get put in contracts in the first place. Heard this from two sources now.
Just fyi
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That surely doesn’t change the fact that it was put in the contracts? 
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Strange I’ve never gotten it to begin with and it’s not in my contract. I guess they figured they should scrape out giving free money for good attendance?
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It’d be better if they just paid you properly for doing your job.
Guy
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I mean it won’t be there next year
I definitely agree with this one. I don’t know the rationale behind the MOE
What is surprising is I work less and have zero responsibility and earn more than a school teacher. I’m just a clown with a sticky ball.
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Haven’t been informed about it yet but surely not a good news.
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I can’t make head nor tail of that question.
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I’ve seen this a few times in Taiwan.
Lower than average wage but don’t worry because we give bonuses. When you add up the bonuses, the money is comparable.
After a short time, take away the bonuses.
Lobsters are warmed up so many just shrug, but if the money was that low before, they wouldn’t have taken the job.
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The whole bonus / tip etc systems are a scam, thats for sure. Proper wage AND proper work outputs are ideal for all 3 parties. If companies are worried, dont make firing too restricive based on work completion. dont mkae it so loose for ther reasons either. A good employee is worth his/her weight in gold! A bad employee can bankrupt a small operation.
Curious. Is this attendance bonus for the teachers (a bonus for being normal level of responsible) or their students (draws in more customers)?
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It’s for showing up on time. It’s basically just a higher salary, I don’t know why they bothered calling it a bonus maybe so they could take it away sometimes? All you have to do to keep it is come to work on time and you even can be late like 3 times.
But if you take sick leave you also lose it. Which I thought was strange, like incentivizing teachers to come to work sick.
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Well, the way to punish your employer for doing this is to start calling in sick.
When in Rome…
When is a contract not a contract? Or perhaps I should say ‘where’?
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Direct quote from my former Taiwanese boss as he said it with a smile.
‘That was then, this is now’
Always try to get a strong core salary in the contract.
I had another taiwanese boss who cut all our home internet subsidies one year just to look like
he was doing something for the company. We never got them back. Prick.
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Too bad you only get like 4 a semester
Edit: sorry it’s 3 I double checked
If it’s any consolation I basically get no sick leave. If I’m sick I just have to organise make-up classes before the end of the semester.
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Do they sign annual contracts?
Maybe this is dumb idea during a pandemic.
Just a thought.
Guy
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That’s what I thought too. But that’s Moe policy for you
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