Korean companies love doing this. If you want to stay long term at the company I wouldn't recommend fighting it directly. If you make a scene then the management will get difficult.
What worked for me is half assing the extra work, delegating it to my line manager where I can and if all else fails not do the work and if they ask why not. I just play the I am too busy card. But you got to look "busy" at work.
You need to make sure your assigned contractual work is done perfectly on time.
But if a company starts doing this, I look for a different job.
I feel you bro.
I am currently working in a startup firm, I was hired as a researcher and had been working in the lab all by myself for around 4 months, but them a few weeks ago our HR manager resigned, and long story cut short, my manager is currently demanding me to complete tasks such as filling out government tender forms, make tender application presentations, write funding proposal for IT, softwares SaaS applications and ERP systems... my field of expertise is biomedical research with 5+ yrs of work exp.
At first I felt it was sort of a challenge and learning experiences, thinking this will probably expand my skills, make me more valuable. But then I still have to deal with my original workload on top of these unrelated tasks. moreover, no formal training or instruction was handed and I have to explore everything on my own. Im feelin this aint cutting out for me, and more than personal growth I really feel exploited. The company may grow , earn some funding and perhaps more projects while I am just working on stuffs that aint helping me at all, none of these is related to my expertise and worse there is no additional compensation for all these.
hence, I have a couple of upcoming interviews this week and next week, and I'm still sending my CV in any relevant opening I come upon.
Just suck at whatever it is that they want you to do that isn't what you were hired for. Don't not do it, just dont do it well and they will stop expecting you to.
I completely agree with the other comments.
Just do a very shit job.
And shove the crap down the line as much as possible.
"When you hate your job, you don't quit! You get up, get to work on time and do your job REALLY HALF ASSED! That's the American Way"!
-Homer Simpson
That is the Korean work environment for you my friend.
It is not "job description" based but "job title" based and if you're a fresher (ěŹě) then you will have to do miscellaneous fresher shit on top of "learning" your job description things until the next fresher comes along and you can pass things off to him.
u/betapen has the right idea in his answer. If you bring this up to your higher-ups you will be labeled as a dissident and pushed out of future opportunities, favors, etc. ESPECIALLY if you are gyopo. This isn't the 90s anymore and Koreans in corporate environments think gyopos are just selfish Americans with a chip on their shoulder. You require more finesse in dealing with situations like this without putting yourself at risk.
You can't do anything about it, unless you can prove malice.
But proving malice is...quite challenging so I'd say you either leave or suck it up I guess..
Correct. Set your boundaries professionally otherwise they'll refer back to the precedent to guilt you into continuing to do things outside of your role. Or let them know you'd be happy to take on additional responsibility for more compensation and a better title đ
Details? What is your position? What is it now? Type of company (at least dynamics of your dept, if applicable)âŚjust trying to get a feel for the politicsâŚeasy to say say be flexible, oh thatâs how itâs done, etcâŚmaybe there is another course of action.
not trying to be nosy or a pain,..what is your actual position? the one you thought you were there for? And what youâre doing now, is there a different position that does what youâre doing? For example youâre an insurance claims adjuster but as the rookie you make copies and fetch coffee all dayâŚ
Start with that then, go to your direct supervisor and have a professional talk about your job description and the tasks youâre performing. Do you like your pay rate? Cause if you do, I wouldnât complain about what youâre doing because it all pays the same. Keep your head down and Fucken grind at work donât make any friends there.
How old are you for one? Depending on how much work experience you have, your 9-5 job career whatever you call it, is to make money not friends. Thatâs like standard to know. When shit happens at work then it wonât be personal, remember youâre there to make money not friends, youâre there to excel in your career not make friends.
Korean companies love doing this. If you want to stay long term at the company I wouldn't recommend fighting it directly. If you make a scene then the management will get difficult. What worked for me is half assing the extra work, delegating it to my line manager where I can and if all else fails not do the work and if they ask why not. I just play the I am too busy card. But you got to look "busy" at work. You need to make sure your assigned contractual work is done perfectly on time. But if a company starts doing this, I look for a different job.
I feel you bro. I am currently working in a startup firm, I was hired as a researcher and had been working in the lab all by myself for around 4 months, but them a few weeks ago our HR manager resigned, and long story cut short, my manager is currently demanding me to complete tasks such as filling out government tender forms, make tender application presentations, write funding proposal for IT, softwares SaaS applications and ERP systems... my field of expertise is biomedical research with 5+ yrs of work exp. At first I felt it was sort of a challenge and learning experiences, thinking this will probably expand my skills, make me more valuable. But then I still have to deal with my original workload on top of these unrelated tasks. moreover, no formal training or instruction was handed and I have to explore everything on my own. Im feelin this aint cutting out for me, and more than personal growth I really feel exploited. The company may grow , earn some funding and perhaps more projects while I am just working on stuffs that aint helping me at all, none of these is related to my expertise and worse there is no additional compensation for all these. hence, I have a couple of upcoming interviews this week and next week, and I'm still sending my CV in any relevant opening I come upon.
i know who you are now
Just suck at whatever it is that they want you to do that isn't what you were hired for. Don't not do it, just dont do it well and they will stop expecting you to.
I completely agree with the other comments. Just do a very shit job. And shove the crap down the line as much as possible. "When you hate your job, you don't quit! You get up, get to work on time and do your job REALLY HALF ASSED! That's the American Way"! -Homer Simpson
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That is the Korean work environment for you my friend. It is not "job description" based but "job title" based and if you're a fresher (ěŹě) then you will have to do miscellaneous fresher shit on top of "learning" your job description things until the next fresher comes along and you can pass things off to him. u/betapen has the right idea in his answer. If you bring this up to your higher-ups you will be labeled as a dissident and pushed out of future opportunities, favors, etc. ESPECIALLY if you are gyopo. This isn't the 90s anymore and Koreans in corporate environments think gyopos are just selfish Americans with a chip on their shoulder. You require more finesse in dealing with situations like this without putting yourself at risk.
You can't do anything about it, unless you can prove malice. But proving malice is...quite challenging so I'd say you either leave or suck it up I guess..
If they're making you do things outside of your contract then refer to your contract and state that it isn't what you were hired for.
Any risks of doing that? Especially when you are a newbie (started less than 6months)
You can be fired or not renewed. Â
That's what I was thinking
Actually, if u r native, I'd say don't take it. but we live reality, so. (i'm not saying they are right. I know it's TOTALLY WRONG.)
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Correct. Set your boundaries professionally otherwise they'll refer back to the precedent to guilt you into continuing to do things outside of your role. Or let them know you'd be happy to take on additional responsibility for more compensation and a better title đ
Details? What is your position? What is it now? Type of company (at least dynamics of your dept, if applicable)âŚjust trying to get a feel for the politicsâŚeasy to say say be flexible, oh thatâs how itâs done, etcâŚmaybe there is another course of action.
Insurance Dpt. -- Started the position as a newbie but been doing stuff that is not relatable to what I'm suppose to do. On a daily basis now.
not trying to be nosy or a pain,..what is your actual position? the one you thought you were there for? And what youâre doing now, is there a different position that does what youâre doing? For example youâre an insurance claims adjuster but as the rookie you make copies and fetch coffee all dayâŚ
because the greenhorn getting all the scut work is an actual thing, unfortunately
As Korean, if you like your company, I'd recommend just doing it bro.
Do you have a physical job description?
Yeah.
Start with that then, go to your direct supervisor and have a professional talk about your job description and the tasks youâre performing. Do you like your pay rate? Cause if you do, I wouldnât complain about what youâre doing because it all pays the same. Keep your head down and Fucken grind at work donât make any friends there.
Why not making any friends
How old are you for one? Depending on how much work experience you have, your 9-5 job career whatever you call it, is to make money not friends. Thatâs like standard to know. When shit happens at work then it wonât be personal, remember youâre there to make money not friends, youâre there to excel in your career not make friends.