We're not out of the woods yet with this cold, whatever it is. I'm better than I was yesterday; I came into work today and will make up my missed Wednesday this coming Saturday.
We've heard nothing from the CEO about our team's continued existence, and the boss appears to be prepping for the worst. If it comes down to our being booted out of the Golden Goose, I'll pay my apartment's W10,000,000 deposit (which I get back upon moving out) and W700,000 rent for several months, but preferably for no more than four or five months of joblessness, after which I'll need to be either gainfully employed elsewhere, or involved in something more drastic like moving back to the States. I mean, I have the money to be a bum for a whole year or two before I really need to start worrying about my job situation, but I'm confident I'll have something within the 4-5-month window.
Getting university work shouldn't be too hard, but it would definitely be a drastic step backward in terms of pay. Whatever work I get while I wait for our boss to start his own company (I don't know how far he's progressed with that up to now), I may have to supplement the main job with a bunch of side jobs. Of course, what I'd rather do is use my 4-5 months of "free time" constructively, learning new skills like Adobe InDesign (publishing software) and going on to SkillShare to learn other skills more relevant to my becoming more of an online presence, whether as a YouTuber, a designer, or as a creator of lessons and tests, etc. I should probably also get off my mental ass and become a coder; it's a superpower I've been needing to acquire for some time. I also have a drawing pad, a few years old now, that I still haven't learned how to use; I need to find the right software for it and get busy with graphic design. I did try the drawing pad with Adobe Photoshop Elements; the pad and the program weren't a very good fit. Maybe I need Illustrator.
Or I could see about becoming the world's first stand-up comedian with heart failure. That might be a hoot. Bring on the infarction jokes!
Well, at least you have a positive attitude about finding the right career path going forward. I'd likely be freaking out. Good luck with whatever you decide to do.
ReplyDeleteWhat happens at the end of the work road? I assume you won't be eligible for social security. Do you qualify for a pension from any of your previous employers?
I've been paying into the National Pension Fund since I started working in Korea. I just checked the numbers, and... I have barely W32 million in my fund. If I retire in Korea, I'm shit out of luck. And if I take the lump-sum total when I leave the country (assuming I ever leave), I'll have barely a year's worth of minimum wage to sustain me, plus, I guess, whatever meager American social security is heading my way.
DeleteI hate to break it to you, but you would not be the first stand-up comedian with heart failure. Look up Emmanuel Sonubi, for example.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure you'll be able to figure something out, though!
I looked Sonubi up, and he looks like one beast of a man. That guy has heart failure? My own docs have been warning me away from heart-straining exercises like weightlifting. Sonubi seems not to have listened to his own docs. Maybe he's a good example to follow.
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